RITES and the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) have signed an agreement to collaborate on improving infrastructure and promoting multimodal transportation in the North-Eastern region.
RITES and IIT-G will collaborate to provide technical services such as rail, road, rail-cum-road bridges, road over bridges, and tunnel design, bridge design audits, proof-checking activities, bridge rehabilitation, structural health monitoring, slope stability analysis, slope design, and more, as well as knowledge sharing and research and development.
“The collaboration between RITES and IIT-G, an institute of excellence, is a committed step toward building safe and efficient transportation infrastructure in the north-eastern region,” said RK Dayal, RITES executive director (urban infrastructure).
The partnership aims to bring best practises into the North-Eastern region by leveraging each other’s technical expertise to build sustainable and robust infrastructure.