Wednesday, November 6

Tag: road safety

“Risky” Tyre Killers in Pune Removed After Police Notice
INDIA

“Risky” Tyre Killers in Pune Removed After Police Notice

Pune police sent a legal notice to "Amanora Township" in Hadaspur to remove the "Tyre Killers" traffic arresting system that was installed near the Amanora Pearson School to deter vehicles in using the wrong side of the road. Recently, a video showing vehicles moving across the tyre killer had gone viral over the social media after which police authorities came into action. As per the notice issued by Pune Police, the traffic alerting system was installed in the township without permission. "The iron made tyre killers have reduced public security. It can endanger lives of people by leading to a serious accident.", stated the letter issued by Hadaspur traffic division. JD Kalaskar, traffic police inspector at Pune division reported to a publication, The spikes are very sharp and c...
Vahanalytics Raises $200000 Seed Funding From Venture Catalysts
FUNDING

Vahanalytics Raises $200000 Seed Funding From Venture Catalysts

Vahanalytics, a tech-driven startup aimed at making Indian roads safer and better has raised USD 200, 000 through Venture Catalysts, India's first Seed Investment and Innovation Platform. The investment was led by prominent VCats angels Vikram Lakhotia and Anirudh Damani. With driverless smart cars increasingly being explored as a viable medium to improve the on-road transportation efficiency by tech giants around the world, the investment into Vahanalytics is aimed at addressing a global problem on a local scale. Speaking on the investment, Dr. Apoorv Ranjan Sharma, Co-founder, Venture Catalysts, said, "Data analytics in transportation using telematics is the need of the hour. The space is extremely exciting and opens the door for almost limitless possibilities for implementation. The...