The Minister of State for Road Transport and Shipping and Chemical & Fertilizers Shri Mansukh L Mandaviya in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today informed that the Government has planned to install video surveillance system in all toll plazas to monitor traffic. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) had invited e-bids from eligible bidders for setting up Central Command & Control Centre at NHAI-HQ connected with Regional Offices and CCTV Surveillance & Monitoring of Vehicular Congestion on 210 Fee Plazas of National Highways. The project execution is on service model and the period of engagement is five years.
The Minister further informed that the Government has identified the toll plazas where this system will be installed in first phase. A total of 210 number of fee plazas is selected for implementation of this project. The work was awarded to L1 bidder at a total cost of Rs. 36,03,56,380 for complete turnkey solution for setting up Central Command & Control Centre at NHAI-HQ connected with Regional Offices and Fee Plazas for a duration of five years.
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