Question: What is IBMS?
a) Indian Bridge Management System
b) Indian Border Management System
c) Indian Bank Management System
d) None of the above.
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 4th October, 2016 Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS) in New Delhi.
- IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of all bridges in the country and rate their structural condition so that timely repair and rehabilitation work can be done.
- IBMS is the largest platform in the world owned by a single owner, with database that could exceed 1, 50,000 bridge structures.
- So far, 1, 15,000 bridges have been inventorized, out of which 85,000 are culverts and the rest are bridges.
- During inventory creation each bridge is assigned a unique identification number or National Identity Number based on the state, RTO zone and whether it is situated on a National Highway, State Highway or is a district road.
- Then the precise location of the bridge in terms of latitude-longitude is collected through GPS and based on this, the bridge is assigned a Bridge Location Number.
- After collecting information like the design, materials, type of bridge, its age, loading, traffic lane, length, width of carriage way etc a structural rating of the structure on a scale of 0 to 9 is done and each bridge is assigned a Structural Rating Number.
- In addition to the structural rating, the bridges are also being assigned Socio-Economic Bridge Rating Number which will decide the importance of the structure in relation to its contribution to daily socio-economic activity of the area in its vicinity.
- Based on this inventory IBMS will analyse data and identify bridges that need critical attention, or which needs to be rebuilt or repaired to improve the operational availability of the structure.
- This will help improving the condition of bridges as poor bridges hamper efficient transport and has also led to accidents and loss of lives on several occasions.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=151406