Digital Highways: Dwarka Expressway Gets India's First AI-powered Smart Traffic System

Last Updated:June 25, 2025, 22:55 IST

The Advanced Traffic Management System has various components to catch traffic violators, being able to detect not having a seatbelt on, triple riding, and speeding

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In a move towards smart and safer highways, Delhi’s Dwarka Expressway on Wednesday got India’s first AI-based traffic governance and road safety system.

Dwarka Expressway will now have the Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), which is being recognised as a national model for AI-based traffic governance and road safety. It is aligned with the latest 2023 guidelines of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

According to an official statement from NHAI, ATMS is 56.46 km long, with 28.46 km on the Dwarka Expressway and the rest on NH-48 from Shiv Murti to Kherki Daula. This is a key national corridor turned into a next-generation digital highway, read the statement.

WHAT DOES THE ATMS DO?

The ATMS has been developed by IHMCL (Indian Highways Management Company Ltd) and implemented by NHAI. It has various components to catch violators of traffic laws, being able to detect things such as not having a seatbelt on, triple riding, and speeding, said Amrit Singha, chief product officer of IHMCL.

“Various components of the ATMS project have been covered. The salient components are traffic monitoring cameras, the second is the video incident detection and enforcement system…through all these, we are able to detect approximately 14 different types of incidents, including overspeeding, no seatbelt, and triple riding, so these are all challanable incidents as per the Motor Vehicle Act," Singha told news agency ANI.

“From the NHAI point of view, what we can do is we have various information dissemination programmes. We also conduct a lot of programmes related to road safety. So through ATMS, we also like to generate public and general awareness among the citizens, specifically road users, about road safety. We also see technology as an enabler for meeting road safety goals for the public," the IHMCL official said while discussing road safety awareness.

HOW WILL THE ATMS WORK?

The ATMS is integrated with the NIC e-challan portal, which shares traffic violation incidents with the police departments. The NHAI said it has five main components: Traffic Monitoring Camera System (TMCS) with 110 high-resolution PTZ cameras placed at 1-km intervals with 24/ live monitoring; Video Incident Detection and Enforcement System (VIDES); Vehicle Actuated Speed Display System (VASD); Variable Message Signboards (VMS); and a Central Control Room.

“The Command Centre acts as the digital brain of the corridor, integrating with local and national systems to enable quick deployment of emergency units during accidents, fog conditions, road obstructions, or animal intrusion. This data-driven management ensures shorter response times, fewer delays, and safer commutes," said the NHAI.

(With agency inputs)

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