India inks pact with Austria on technology cooperation in road infrastructure sector

The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Austria government on technology cooperation in the road infrastructure sector. The aim is to create an effective framework for bilateral cooperation in the field of road transportation, road/highways infrastructure development, management and administration, road safety and intelligent transport systems between both countries.

Austria has state of the art technologies for roads and highways, such as electronic toll systems, intelligent transportation systems, traffic management systems, tunnel monitoring system, geo-mapping and landslide protection measures.