CCEA has approved Delhi’s ₹1,789.52-crore ITMS covering 42 corridors, 1,092 adaptive signal locations and 1,029 enforcement points; competitive bidding is still to follow.
CCEA has approved Delhi’s ₹1,789.52-crore ITMS covering 42 corridors, 1,092 adaptive signal locations and 1,029 enforcement points; competitive bidding is still to follow.
New Delhi, October 1, 2026: The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a ₹1,789.52-crore Intelligent Traffic Management System (ITMS) for Delhi, combining AI-enabled adaptive traffic signals, automated enforcement, real-time traffic information and integrated command-and-control infrastructure across 42 traffic corridors.
The project will be implemented by Delhi Police in three phases over 24 months, followed by five years of operation and maintenance. The approved cost is inclusive of taxes.
The system is intended to improve the use of Delhi’s existing road network through real-time traffic data rather than relying primarily on fixed signal timings and manual intervention. The current status is project approval; the Master System Integrator is still to be selected through competitive bidding.
The project will deploy Adaptive Traffic Control Systems that can adjust signal timings in response to prevailing traffic conditions and coordinate signal operation along selected corridors.
Unlike conventional fixed-time signal plans, adaptive systems use live traffic data to alter signal phases according to demand. The objective is to reduce avoidable stoppages, improve corridor flow and make better use of existing road capacity.
Delhi has around 71 lakh active registered vehicles, according to the Cabinet release, while road-space expansion has not kept pace with vehicle growth. The ITMS project is therefore focused on extracting greater operating efficiency from existing road infrastructure rather than depending only on physical road widening.
The ITMS will integrate traffic regulation, automated enforcement and information dissemination on a common platform through Traffic Command and Control Centres.
The platform will be supported by secure Data Centre and Disaster Recovery infrastructure and is expected to use open standards and APIs so that additional systems can be integrated later.
Variable Message Sign boards and digital platforms will provide information on congestion, diversions, parking availability and traffic conditions. The Government says information may also be shared with navigation-service providers.
The enforcement component is expected to support automated detection of red-light and stop-line violations, speeding, wrong-way driving, non-use of helmets and seat belts, illegal parking and mobile-phone use while driving.
AI-based analytics are also intended to assist in identifying stolen, hot-listed or blacklisted vehicles, repeat violators and vehicles linked to hit-and-run incidents.
The system is designed to support green corridors and priority movement for ambulances and other emergency vehicles through congested intersections.
Real-time detection of slow-moving traffic, congestion and road incidents is also intended to give Delhi Police faster information for diversions and incident response.
The technology therefore moves beyond signal control into a wider urban-mobility management platform combining detection, decision support, enforcement and public information.
The approved scope covers 1,092 Adaptive Traffic Control System locations and 1,029 enforcement locations.
Equipment Brief analysis: this scale makes the project relevant not only to traffic-software providers but also to suppliers and contractors involved in roadside electronics, communications networks, poles and gantries, cabinets, power supply, sensors, cameras, variable-message systems, data-centre infrastructure and civil installation works.
However, the Cabinet release does not disclose the eventual technology vendors, equipment makes, camera specifications, sensor types or detailed bill of quantities. Those items should not be inferred before procurement documents are issued.
The project is structured so that each subsequent phase will proceed after evaluation of the preceding phase against prescribed testing, commissioning, acceptance and performance parameters.
This creates a staged implementation model rather than a single city-wide cutover.
C-DAC will provide technical support as Project Management Consultant, including technical scrutiny, monitoring, validation and acceptance during implementation and the operation-and-maintenance period.
Delhi Police will select the Master System Integrator through competitive bidding.
The current development is CCEA approval for the ITMS project.
No Master System Integrator, technology vendor or construction contractor has yet been identified in the Cabinet release. The ₹1,789.52-crore figure is the approved project cost, not an awarded contract value to a named company.
Equipment Brief will treat any subsequent tender, L1 declaration, Letter of Award or implementation contract as a separate procurement-stage development.
Equipment Brief analysis: Delhi’s ITMS represents a shift in urban-road investment from physical capacity alone toward digital operating infrastructure layered over the road network.
For contractors and systems suppliers, that creates opportunities at the intersection of civil works, roadside hardware, communications, command centres and software integration.
It also creates a long-duration service component because the 24-month deployment period is followed by five years of operation and maintenance.
For infrastructure planners, the more important question will be whether adaptive traffic control and integrated enforcement improve corridor performance enough to justify broader replication in other large Indian cities.
The next major milestone is the competitive procurement of the Master System Integrator and the release of detailed technical specifications.
Those documents should clarify the procurement structure, equipment quantities, system architecture, phasing of the 42 corridors and detailed acceptance requirements.
Until then, the correct status remains approved for implementation, with competitive bidding still to follow.
For wider infrastructure context, Equipment Brief is also tracking India’s ₹33.60-lakh-crore Central Sector project pipeline and the role of technology in construction through its coverage of connected equipment and digital systems.
Source: Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs / PIB, 30 September 2026.
