Currently, total length of National Highways in India are over 96,000 km and these serve as arterial road network of the country; developed and managed by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH), and its associated organisations, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and Border Roads Organisation (BRO).
Road Asset Management System (RAMS) for the entire National Highways along with collection of requisite data for over is underway as part of the Honourable Prime Minister’s Digital India initiative.
Road Asset Management System (RAMS) is strategic and systematic process of maintaining, upgrading, and operating road assets effectively. Information collected in this system will be useful for the agencies responsible for their development and maintenance, investors as well as road users. The software is interfaced with google earth for providing additional information to road users.
The software is being developed through M/s HIMS Limited, New Zealand in joint venture with M/s SATRA Infrastructure Management Services Pvt Ltd, India.
Initially, data collection for 3,000 km length of the pilot NH network shall be included in RAMS and in next stages, it is proposed to collect data for all NHs in India.
Project Objectives:
- Development of single road database for NHs supported by analytical tools to be used by NHAI and MORTH
- Institutionalise RAMS in NHAI and MORTH to assist in planning, programming and budgeting for road maintenance and upgrading works
- Integrate GIS within RAMS to form publicly accessible Traveller/Tourist Information System
