What is IBMS?

Q.  Recently launched ‘IBMS’ is related to
- Published on 07 Oct 16

a. Industrial Buildings
b. Metal scrap
c. Bridges
d. Medicine

ANSWER: Bridges
 
  • A major step was taken towards ensuring safety of bridges in the country, when the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways formally launched the Indian Bridge Management System (IBMS).
  • IBMS is being developed to create an inventory of all bridges in the country and rate their structural condition so that timely repair and rehabilitation work can be carried out based on the criticality of the structure.
  • IBMS is the largest platform in the world owned by a single owner, with database that could exceed 1, 50,000 bridge structures.
  • So far 1, 15,000 bridges have been inventoried, of which 85,000 are culverts and the rest are bridges.

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