Smart lighting system on National Highways will prevent accidents: CCMS technology will make highways smart; a 4500 km long network in Madhya Pradesh will benefit.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is set to make monitoring street lighting on national highways and expressways across the country a smarter process. To achieve this, a Centralized Control and Monitoring System (CCMS) is being implemented. In the new system, an alert will be sent directly to the control room as soon as a light fails, along with its location. This initiative will also benefit Madhya Pradesh's approximately 4500 kilometers long national highway network. The state has around 8