The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has launched a ranking mechanism.
It aims to rate its infrastructure assets to determine their structural safety and look for remedial measures for their upkeep and regular monitoring.
The new arrangement, the Bridge Inventory and Condition Rating System (BICRS), mandates comprehensive documentation, assessment, and inspection of bridges twice a year.
As part of the rating system, the agency aims to prepare a unified repository of all its structures, and each of the property will be assigned a union assessment identification number.