India, Feb. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has established Centre of Excellence for Road Safety (CoERS) at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras for bringing the best practices of road safety to the Country and for collaboration between academia, industry, and the Government. All National Highways (NHs) works are carried out as per standards, guidelines, manual, code of practice of Indian Roads Congress (IRC) as well as specifications for Road and Bridge Works which are formulated on the basis of the international best practices and guidelines.

Envisages deployment of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) with the objective of improving road safety and reducing accidents, o...