Overview
- The National Highways Authority of India announced deployment of Network Survey Vehicles to collect detailed road inventory and pavement condition data over 20,933 km.
- The vehicles use 3D laser systems with 360-degree cameras, DGPS, IMU and DMI to automatically detect defects such as potholes and surface cracks.
- Collected data will be uploaded to NHAI’s AI-based Data Lake for expert analysis and stored in the Road Asset Management system as per government guidelines.
- Surveys will cover projects from two to eight lanes, begin before roadwork starts, and recur at six-month intervals.
- NHAI has invited bids from qualified firms, while ongoing black-spot and e-DAR accident data efforts continue, with 13,795 black spots identified and 5,036 long-term fixes completed by March 2025.