Cabinet approves Delhi ITMS Signals, cameras and AI

Sep 30

DD India reports the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Modi, approving a Delhi Police traffic-management project costing nearly ₹1,800 crore including taxes. It is to cover forty-two corridors in three phases over twenty-four months. Ashwini Vaishnaw explains in the aired Hindi and English remarks that intelligent signals, CCTV and artificial intelligence will operate as a coordinated system to improve traffic management. The project is approved, not already delivered.

On September 30, 2026, the CCEA approved Delhi Police's Intelligent Traffic Management System. DD India's report gives a cost near ₹1,800 crore including taxes and 42 corridors in three phases over 24 months. The retrieved full Cabinet briefing's slide gives a rounded ₹1,790 crore, three deployment phases and five years' subsequent maintenance. Vaishnaw explains coordinated signals, CCTV, AI, adaptive timings and comprehensive command and control, with C-DAC as technical partner and central, Delhi-government and police coordination. Answering questions, he says the intervention improves infrastructure inside Delhi regardless of vehicles' origins, envisages redundant command centres and emphasizes traffic-light reliability and citizen convenience. Questions about delays, VIP signal cycles, closure alerts, navigation-provider sharing and national expansion are preserved in the source, without specific answers to every point. Anticipated safety and congestion benefits do not establish completed deployment or measured ITMS results.