The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will install cutting-edge sensors and data collection systems throughout 23 states, spanning more than 20,000 km, to detect road problems, such as potholes and cracks, so that measures to fix them can be conducted.
In order to make decisions about maintenance, asset management, infrastructure planning, and enhancing the safety and effectiveness of the national highway network, the NHAI will use the data gathered to inventory roads and the state of their paving.
The exercise will entail the deployment of vehicles equipped with sophisticated sensors and data collecting systems, such as a global positioning system (GPS), a 3D laser-based system, and an electronic gadget that detects the acceleration and rotational velocity of an object.
A group of NHAI professionals will examine the data when it is uploaded to the organisation’s AI-based platform, Data Lake, in order to turn it into knowledge and, eventually, actionable insights.
The information gathered on a regular basis in accordance with central government rules would be stored in the Road Asset Management system in the forms specified for future technological needs. In addition, the NHAI has been identifying black spots by using accident statistics from the relevant state governments. These reports are based on the amount of accidents that result in fatalities and serious injuries. Long-term rectification has been finished on 5,036 of the 13,795 black spots that were identified on the nation’s national highways up until March 2025. The project known as Electronic Detailed Accident Report (e-DAR) serves as a consolidated repository for data on traffic accidents.