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PWD Rajasthan: Road Maintenance Through Still Photography. By Dr. Dinesh Kumar Goyal Principal Secretary PWD, Rajasthan, India. Introduction. Public Works Department, Rajasthan, is entrusted with construction and maintenance of Roads, Bridges, Buildings
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PWD Rajasthan: Road Maintenance Through Still Photography By Dr. Dinesh Kumar Goyal Principal Secretary PWD, Rajasthan, India
Introduction • Public Works Department, Rajasthan, is entrusted with construction and maintenance of Roads, Bridges, Buildings • Workforce about 16515 including 2200 Engineers. • PWD offices: • 8 Zones, • 33 Circles (District level), • 150 Divisions. • Annual budget about Rs. 25 Billion (600 million US$) for roads, buildings, BOT, DRDA, etc. • Road length maintained - 1,06,000 km
Road Photography- Project Inception • To provide better infrastructure facilities to citizens, specially of roads • Need of creating an efficient and effective interface to address the various requirements of the people • After detailed analysis of available resources at the Government level, it was decided to create periodic still photo database for all roads with kilometer stone as the basic unit.
Solution Overview • Initially, a Web-based software application was designed to collect basic information about a road along with its kilometer-wise Photos. • Photos from field were in different sizes, formats, resolution, etc. Appropriate measures were taken to ensure uniformity of Photos uploaded. • A team of a domain expert and an IT expert was responsible for coordination, assistance, mobilization and regular monitoring.
The Journey • Project started on 07-02- 2010. • 9 pilot circles from 8 zones of Rajasthan were selected for implementing Pilot Project • Scope was extended to all 33 circles covering all PWD roads across Rajasthan. • Scope of photography was further extended to cover roads constructed under MG-NREGS and KUM. Target for photo uploading extended to approx. 130,000 km. • As on May 23, 2010, about 126,368 photos of Roads, 3710 of buildings and 316 of toll-plaza uploaded.
STATUS OF ROAD PHOTO ENRTY THANK YOU
COMPARATIVE VIEW Before Maintenance Activity After Maintenance Activity widening & improvement of riding quality on Bissau- Mandrella-Pilani-Loharu Road from Km 63/500 - 80/0 (Except C.C. Pavement) MDR 82 DLP 10.12.11
COMPARATIVE VIEW BEFORE AFTER Widening & Strengthening of Chomu Khandela Udaipurwati Jhunjhunu Churu road SH-37 Km. 191/500 to 200/0/Km 189 IN CRF DLP 23.01.12 widening & improvement of riding quality on Bissau- Mandrella-Pilani-Loharu Road from Km 63/500 - 80/0 (Except C.C. Pavement) MDR 82 DLP 10.12.11
OBSERVATIONS : The portion of road requires maintenance and repair of berms, patch work, and beautification
KILOMETER-WISE PHOTOGRAPH VIEW FACILITY Widening and strengthening of Road 3.00 Mtr To 7.00 Mtr. On Singhana-Buhana-santhali Road Km 16/00 to 26/00
Upgradation of SinghanaPacheriKhurd Road Km. 0/0 to 12/500 PMGSY DLP 3.03.14
PHOTOGRAPH OF BUILDING PWD Dak Bunglow at Jhunjhunu - Front View
PHOTOGRAPH OF TOLL-PLAZA Nasirabad Mangliawas ROAD Km o/o to 24/200 MDR-39
Key Offerings of Web based System • Kilometer-wise Road History, automatic generation of Linear Charts, road quality grading, physical and financial details, Quality monitoring, maintenance details, etc. • Register maintenance requirements based on photos, and automatic preparation of consolidated proposals along with comparison of pre and post maintenance scenario. • Automatic delivery of SMS messages based on pre-defined conditions, with extensive search facility based on query by form.
Key Offerings of the System A win-win solution • For Government: • Help in project monitoring and maintenance of Roads, buildings etc. • Cut cost of frequent inspections. • Kilometer-wise photos has provided a basis for issuing instructions to maintenance contractors for carry out required work. • Help PWD officers in better planning and monitoring • For Business: • Provide photographic evidence in respect of the projects carried out by contractors, the present condition of roads built by them, • condition after maintenance activity etc. • The interested firms can view the various requirements of this regions on the basis of Photographs to do business. • For Public: • Provided an efficient and effective interface to register their requirements/ grievance. • Public representatives can view the status of infrastructure facilities available in their constituencies and register their views with own photographic evidences. • Subsequent follow-ups on grievances can be tracked using this facility.
Conclusion • PWD’s Online Road Photography Project, apart from being a showcase of successful implementation of I.T. within Government, has provided an impetus for implementation of e-Governance in other departments. • The success of a program of this large magnitude depends on vision, motivation, and commitment of the key persons. Minister PWD, Pr. Secretary PWD, Secretary PWD, Chief Engineers, worked as mentors at apex level. • Sincere efforts were made by district officers including Addl Chief Engineers, SEs, EEs, and supporting staff who took up the challenge and successfully completed first phase of project in remarkable time.
