Key Details
The Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) is a Delhi Police project to manage traffic across identified corridors using connected signals, enforcement and information systems.
Scale: 42 corridors, with 1,092 adaptive traffic-control locations and 1,029 enforcement locations.
Cost and timetable: ₹1,789.52 crore, including taxes; rollout in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance.
Delivery: Delhi Police will select a firm to integrate the system through competitive bidding. The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) will provide technical scrutiny, monitoring and support for testing and acceptance.
Signals Will Respond to Conditions on the Road
Delhi has around 71 lakh active registered vehicles, while much traffic regulation still relies on fixed signal timings and manual intervention. The approved system is intended to adjust signal timings to current traffic and coordinate them along corridors, making better use of the existing road network.
One System Will Link Movement, Alerts and Enforcement
The project brings several functions into the same traffic-management operation:
Emergency priority: Green corridors and priority movement for ambulances and other emergency vehicles.
Incident response: Detection of congestion, slow-moving traffic and road incidents to help Delhi Police respond or divert vehicles.
Traveller information: Roadside signs and digital platforms displaying congestion, diversions, parking availability and other traffic conditions.
Enforcement: Automated detection of specified violations, including speeding, red-light violations and wrong-way driving. Analytics will also assist in identifying flagged vehicles and repeat violators.
Traffic Command and Control Centres will bring these functions together. The system is planned around open standards, allowing future services to connect to it.
Each Phase Must Pass a Performance Review
Delhi Police will take up each subsequent phase only after evaluating the preceding one against prescribed testing, commissioning, acceptance and performance criteria. That makes the phased rollout more than a construction timetable: it provides checkpoints before the system expands across the city.
Policy Relevance
The project’s value lies in whether connected traffic management improves journeys and emergency movement—not in the number of cameras or signals installed.
Public Outcome | Evidence to Track During the Rollout |
|---|---|
More reliable journeys | Travel times and delays on covered corridors, compared with pre-installation conditions |
Faster emergency and incident response | Emergency-vehicle passage times and the time taken to detect and clear incidents |
Accountable enforcement | Accuracy of detected violations, review of disputed notices and system reliability |
The phase-by-phase evaluation gives Delhi Police a way to use this evidence before extending the system. Clear procedures for checking automated violations will matter as enforcement expands.
Relevant Question for Policy Stakeholders: What measurable improvements should Delhi Police require on the first set of corridors before approving the next rollout phase?
Follow the Full Press Release Here: Cabinet Approves Delhi’s Intelligent Traffic Management System