AI to detect NH landslide, waterlogging soon: Gadkari

To strengthen road safety and ensure quality of national highways (NHs), the government is going to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology for detecting landslide, waterlogging, and accident-prone spots along the NHs, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said here on Thursday.

- BS REPORTER New Delhi, 21 August

"We are trying to use AI and (other emerging technologies) in detecting landslide-prone stretches, accident-prone spots, waterlogging, and black spots along the national highways. We have already issued the circular. We want to improve it, especially in states like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Wherever there is flooding, we are also trying to use other technologies to check the strength of the bridges and (other structures)," Gadkari said at the Business Standard Infrastructure Summit 2025.

He was responding to a query about the quality of roads, and the efforts by the government to improve road safety, during a fireside chat themed 'India's vision on infrastructure' with Nivedita Mookerji of Business Standard.

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