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Mint Explainer | Why the road ministry is shifting bridge monitoring to specialized agencies to curb collapses

Mint Explainer | Why the road ministry is shifting bridge monitoring to specialized agencies to curb collapses

Mint Explainer | Why the road ministry is shifting bridge monitoring to specialized agencies to curb collapses


The specialized agency will handle sensors, hardware, data acquisition, transmission, reporting, operation and maintenance. The analytical software will be developed by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in collaboration with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing.