Hyderabad, March 22 -- In a major effort to improve road maintenance and avoid financial misappropriation, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) will soon chronicle the minute history of its roads network via high-tech oblique camera technology.

According to a TNIE report, the decision comes in the wake of the urgent need for accurate data on more than 9,013 kilometres of roads within the twin cities that consist of both cement concrete (CC) and bitumen (BT) roads.

Database of roads in Hyderabad

The GHMC will allocate a separate ID number to roads across Hyderabad and establish an online registry that records all operations of road laying and recarpeting. Using a road's ID number, the citizens and authorities will be able ...