IIT BHU (Varanasi) signs MoU with Ministry of road, transport and highway
The MoU has been signed to increase cooperation with institutes that will help NHAI to utilise their scientific knowledge in the construction of roads in our country.
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) BHU (Varanasi) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways to enhance the cooperation with institutes for road-construction in the country.
"This MoU is to increase cooperation with institutes which will help us utilise their scientific knowledge in the construction of roads in our country. In today's time, what we need is system up-gradation, preservation of natural resources while yet attaining progress sustainably," said Union Minister VK Singh.
He added, "No country can progress without good roads and connectivity. We look forward to seeing how you look at the infrastructure and how can it be upgraded with speedier and sustainable construction. We are looking at how to create systems that can lay roads faster. This is where you (IIT-BHU) come in."
He further expressed hope for promising results and said that expectation is that this collaboration will grow as time passes.
In November 2021, the Education Ministry had announced that the IITs, NITs and other technology institutions from across the country will adopt stretches of the National Highway on a voluntary basis and their students, researchers and faculties will use it for field study of the latest industry trends.
The partner institutes will study improvement prospects in safety, maintenance, riding comfort, removal of congestion points and usage of new technologies on the adopted stretches and give suitable suggestions to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) for consideration.
So far, 18 IITs, 26 NITs and 190 other reputed engineering colleges have opted for the scheme. Appropriate MOUs are being signed between the technology institutes and NHAI for the adopted stretches and so far about 200 institutes have already signed the MOU for implementation of the scheme.
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