Trial run of new traffic system on 3 stretches of Ranchi

Ranchi: For a seamless flow of traffic, the Ranchi Smart City Corporation Limited (RSCCL) has come with ‘Intelligent Traffic Management System’ (ITMS) and it is currently conducting a User Acceptance Test (UAT) across the state capital’s three stretches — from Birsa Munda International Airport to Birsa Chowk, from Birsa Chowk to Raj Bhavan and from Argora Chowk to Patel Chowk near Ranchi railway station — before its implementation in a week or two.
RSCCL general manager (technical) Rakesh Kumar Nandkeoliar said, “We have completed the installation of CCTV cameras, emergency call boxes, public announcement (PA) systems and virtual messaging systems (VMS) on the three stretches and are conducting a trial run of the utilities.” Nandkeoliar said, “ITMS will help in the seamless flow of traffic as it detects the traffic volume and makes changes on the route concerned. The PA and VMS systems will inform the commuters of public interest messages from the government and traffic snarls on several routes. The CCTVs will help the law enforcement agencies with surveillance.”
Soon after the trial run commenced a week ago, the technical team at RSCCL, which will coordinate the entire exercise from the control and command centre, held a couple of meetings with the law enforcement agencies for receiving their feedback. Asked about the feedback received from them, Nandkeoliar said, “We have received a request to divert the traffic coming from the residential colony near Patel Park towards Harmu Chowk by providing a free left before the junction to avoid accidents.”
The traffic personnel at various posts in the three stretches are being provided training by RSCCL on the functioning of the utilities. “The policemen are also being trained on handling the utilities in an emergency situation so that the traffic can be managed manually,” Nandkeoliar said.