NHAI’s big decision: Now the highway potholes will be monitored with AI, high-tech system will be deployed on 40,000 km network.

Sudden potholes during road travel not only disturb the balance of the vehicle but also cause fatal accidents. But now the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken a revolutionary step to make the National Highways across the country safe and pothole-free. Now artificial intelligence (AI) will identify broken road surface and illegal encroachment instead of humans. NHAI has started the process of deploying AI-based dashcams and state-of-the-art survey systems across its 40,000 km highway network. How NHAI’s ‘AI-Survey’ system will work The mainstay of this high-tech system is ‘Network Survey Vehicle’ (NSV), which is equipped with 3D laser technology and high-resolution cameras. When these vehicles move on the highway, they will create an accurate digital map of the road surface. The AI ​​will analyze the footage received from these cameras and instantly identify more than 30 different types of road defects. The survey report will be ready in 10 days. How technically advanced this system is can be gauged from the fact that the survey report which earlier took a long time of 4 to 6 months to prepare, will now be ready in just 10 days. A single NSV vehicle is capable of surveying approximately 300 kilometers of road per day, which will increase the efficiency of NHAI manifold. Life and safety of roads will improve. The biggest benefit of this monitoring system is ‘real-time monitoring’. Even minor defects or emerging potholes will be caught by AI, making it possible to carry out timely maintenance. This technology has already been successful in developed countries like America, Britain, China, Japan and Australia. With its implementation in India, not only will the quality and lifespan of roads increase, but there is also expected to be a huge decline in road accidents. The journey will be pleasant and safe. National Highways are the lifeline of the country’s goods and passenger transport. With AI monitoring, road maintenance will now be data-based, not guess-based. This step will not only make travel easier for passengers, but will also prove to be a major milestone in taking road safety standards to a global level.