Question: In which of the following district of UP Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari recently unveiled the India’s first Intelligent Transport System?
a) Gorakhpur
b) Prayagraj
c) Varanasi
d) Ghaziabad
Answer: (d)
Related Facts:-
- On 23 December 2021; Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari unveiled India’s first Intelligent Transport System.
- It is the Eastern Peripheral Expressway in Dasna, Ghaziabad inaugurated by Gadkari, will have the state-of-the-art technology called Intelligent Transport System.
- This system was created in order to reduce traffic congestion and improve commuter safety.
- It is cutting-edge, revolutionary technology; it will achieve traffic efficiency by encouraging efficient infrastructure use.
- It will be helpful in reducing traffic problems and will provide users with prior traffic information.
- It will then ultimately reduce travel time, and better improve the commuter safety and comfort.
- This system can detect any accident and send out alerts so that an ambulance can arrive at the scene in 10-15 minutes.
- The Eastern Peripheral Expressway is a 135-kilometer expressway with six lanes.
- It connects Kundli, Ghaziabad, and Palwal and run through Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
- It runs from Kundli in Sonipat to Faridabad district in Haryana, passing through Baghpat, Ghaziabad, and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Baghpat, Ghaziabad, and Noida in Uttar Pradesh.
- It finally connects to the Western Peripheral Expressway near Palwal’s Dholagarh.
By Rajesh Tripathi