Top firms line up for Rs 300-cr intelligent traffic management system in New Delhi

Sunday, 23 May, 2010


Top Indian and multinational technology firms are queuing up for a slice of Delhi Police's ambitious Rs 300-crore project to set up and manage an intelligent traffic management system or ITS in the National Capital.

According to the documents available with Business Line, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Infosystems, Mahindra Satyam and Tejas Networks are among the 15 companies that have evinced interest in the much-delayed project.

International players who have purchased the bid document include the likes of Steria, Siemens and Cisco.

ITS map

Under the proposed ITS map, 275 traffic signals in the National Capital region would be covered and the IP-based CCTV cameras installed at every point to monitor traffic movement and also identify traffic violators.

The system will be trained to read vehicles registration numbers of automobiles and also help in communication of important messages to motorists through the mobile and the Internet.

The video receipt from the cameras will then be analysed by software for definite incident detection and help in its management.

"In a project of this magnitude, different technologies such as area traffic control system, traffic monitoring system, traffic signals, variable message signs, speed violation cameras, CCTVs among others will be used.

Integration of different technologies

Software companies will have a major play in integrating these technologies and in making they talk to each other," a top official with one of the tier-I IT companies, bidding for this project, said.

The winning bidder will have to setup the ITS system within 18 months and subsequently maintain it for a period of seven years. Since hardware, software and networking gear makers will have a significant role in this project, the tender allows interested parties to bid as a consortium.

Consortium

However, the total stake of an Indian company in the consortium will have to be at least 51 per cent.

It may be recalled that the ITS system was expected to go live before the Commonwealth Games in October this year.

However, the process of floating the tenders kept getting delayed time and again.

Meanwhile, the scope of the work, in terms of the areas covered, will also get extended. Now the interested parties will have to submit their bids by May 31.

Original news source http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/05/24/stories/2010052450450200.htm