Introduction
Transportation is a means of carrying goods and people from one place to another. Transportation plays an important role in today’s modern world. It helps in removing the distance barrier. An efficient transport system is essential for sustainable economic development of the country and plays a significant role in promoting national and global integration.
An efficient transport helps in increasing productivity and enhances competitiveness of the economy. Efficient transport is indispensable to the economic development of nation.
There are various modes of transport that include road transport, rail transport, water transport, and air transport.
India’s Transport Sector, as it caters to the need of nearly 1.1 billion people, is large and diverse. A smooth and co-ordinated system of transportation plays an important role in the sustained economic growth of a country. The present Transport system of India includes road, rail, coastal shipping, air transport, etc. Transportation in India has registered a solid growth over the years both in speed of network and in output of the system.
Transport system in India consists of transport by land, water, and air. Public transport remains the primary mode of transport for most Indian citizens, and India's public transport systems are among the most heavily used in the world. Buses are an important means of public transport in India. Due to this social significance, urban bus transport is often owned and operated by public agencies, and most state governments operate bus services through a State Road Transport Corporation. These corporations have proven extremely useful in connecting villages and towns across the country
Bus rapid transit systems (BRTS), exist in several cities of the country. Buses take up over 90% of public transport in Indian cities,and serve as an important mode of transport.
The automobile industry in India is currently rapidly growing with an annual production of over 4.6 million vehicles, with an annual growth rate of 10.5% and vehicle volume is expected to rise greatly in the future. India's rail network is the third-longest and the most heavily used system in the world, transporting 8.225 billion passengers and over 970 million tonnes of freight annually, as of 2015.The railways transport about 18 million citizens daily. In 2015–16, Government of India, declared 106 National Waterways (NW) under Inland Waterways Authority of India to reduce the cost of transportation and lower the carbon footprint by moving the traffic from surface roads and railroads to waterways.
Despite ongoing improvements in the transport sector, several aspects of transportation are still riddled with problems due to outdated infrastructure and lack of investment in less economically active parts of the country. The demand for transport infrastructure and services has been rising by around 10% a year with the current infrastructure being unable to meet these growing demands. According to Goldman Sachs, India will need to spend US$2.7 trillion on infrastructure projects over the next decade to boost economic growth.
For Transportation our sector specific focus is on
Electric Vehicles
e-Bus | e-Truck | e-Taxi | e-Auto
Railways
Collision Control Management | De-railing Monitoring Systems | Disruption Information System| Rail Time table information flow System |m-Check | Contact Center Management
Waterways
Feasibility Studies | DPR's | Terminal : Construction-Operations-Maintenance | Vessel : Construction-Operations-Maintenance-Refits | Periodical Dredging | Birthing Information Systems & Navigational Support thru GIS & Satellite guided Info Systems
Airports
Feasibility Studies | DPR's | Construction & Building of small and mid range airports, air strips in tier 3 and tier 4 citieis of India under Udaan Scheme.