Delhi Gets ₹1,789 Crore Intelligent Traffic System

• ₹1,789.52 crore approved for Delhi’s ITMS.
• 42 traffic corridors to be covered in three phases.
• AI-enabled signals and automated enforcement to be deployed.
• Ambulances to receive priority movement through green corridors.

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 30th Sept: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) project for Delhi at an estimated cost of ₹1,789.52 crore, including taxes.

The project, to be implemented by the Delhi Police, will cover 42 identified traffic corridors in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance.

AI-powered traffic management
The ITMS will use real-time traffic data, adaptive traffic signals, automated enforcement and integrated command-and-control systems to improve the utilisation of Delhi’s existing road network.

Delhi currently has around 71 lakh active registered vehicles, with vehicle growth having outpaced expansion of road infrastructure. The new system aims to reduce dependence on fixed signal timings and manual intervention by dynamically responding to traffic conditions.

Adaptive Traffic Control Systems will adjust signal timings according to prevailing traffic conditions and coordinate signals along identified corridors to reduce unnecessary stoppages and delays.

Priority for emergency vehicles
The system will facilitate green corridors and priority movement for ambulances and other emergency vehicles, allowing them to move faster through congested stretches.

Real-time detection of congestion, slow-moving traffic and road incidents will also enable Delhi Police to respond more quickly through diversions and other traffic-management measures.

Variable Message Signs and digital platforms will provide commuters with information on congestion, diversions, parking availability and traffic conditions. Information may also be shared with navigation service providers.

Automated enforcement
The ITMS will strengthen technology-based enforcement for violations including red-light and stop-line violations, speeding, wrong-way driving, non-use of helmets and seat belts, illegal parking and mobile-phone use while driving.

AI-based analytics will also assist in identifying stolen, hot-listed and blacklisted vehicles, repeat offenders and vehicles linked to hit-and-run incidents.

Integrated traffic control network
Traffic regulation, enforcement and information dissemination will be brought together through Traffic Command and Control Centres, supported by secure Data Centre and Disaster Recovery infrastructure.

The project will cover 1,092 Adaptive Traffic Control System locations and 1,029 enforcement locations. Implementation will be performance-driven, with subsequent phases taken up after evaluation of the preceding phase against prescribed testing, commissioning, acceptance and performance parameters.

Delhi Police will implement the project through a Master System Integrator selected through competitive bidding. C-DAC will provide technical support as Project Management Consultant, including technical scrutiny, monitoring, validation and acceptance.

The government said the ITMS will complement ongoing improvements in Delhi’s road and transport infrastructure and is expected to support smoother traffic movement, safer roads, faster incident response and more effective enforcement.