Gadkari Introduces Tracking System In NHAI To Eradicate Red Tape, Identify Officials Responsible For Delays

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced that the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) will introduce software to especially track files and to identify officials responsible for delays clearing files, ET Auto reports.

Gadkari believes that this step will boost transparency and efficiency in the system as the NHAI became the first construction sector organization to digitise itself completely through the cloud-based Data Lake Software last July.

“Red-tapism will no longer be tolerated...Delayed decision-making results in losses. To eradicate red-tapism, we will be bringing a software that will specifically detect how much time one particular official has taken in disposing of any file,” Gadkari was quoted in the report.

The minister assured that the system is working towards eliminating red-tapism and promote fast and transparent decision-making process. He asserted that timely, corruption-free work is the need of the hour and strict actions will be taken against officials who do not take time-bound calls.

Gadkari added, “As one of the biggest reforms, the NHAI has gone 'fully digital', with the launch of unique cloud-based and artificial intelligence-powered big data analytics platform - Data Lake and Project Management Software.” He mentioned that the anticipated introduction of the project management consultancy will provide amenities, forest environment clearance, land acquisition, construction, designing, road safety and other aspects of any project.

The Data Lake software tracks and checks every constraint like postponements in land acquisition and make certain that work is transparently implemented within deadlines. “I take pride that work worth Rs 17 lakh crore has been done by Ministries during the NDA-1 regime without any corruption,” the minister stated.