The Kerala Road Safety Authority (KRSA) has joined hands with the World Bank to organise Road Safety Hackathon in the capital in August. The aim is to use Information Communication Technology (ICT) ideas for enhancing road safety and to bring down road accidents in the State.
The two-day Hackathon will be held on August 22 and 23 at Technopark.
The participants will have to come up with software and gadgets that can be installed in vehicles.
Road Safety Commissioner R. Sreelekha said the solutions would be passed on to the public for free. Once the prototype is ready, six months will be given to bring out the final product.
The World Bank and the KRSA will be supported in this endeavour by AXA, a global insurance firm, Angle Hack, the executing agency and G-Tech, the logistics partner.
A session led by the Road Safety Commissioner R. Sreelekha this week shortlisted 12 ideas on 4 Es —Enforcement, Engineering, Education, and Emergency Care. These will be passed on as challenges to the developers participating in the hackathon.
Road Safety and Communication specialist of the World Bank Sony Thomas said the present problem was that the 4 Es were on parallel lines as departments involved in road safety here were working independently. A website and a Facebook page on Hackathon will be launched by the KRSA soon to ensure more participation in the initiative. Director, Natpac, B.G. Sridevi, and Deputy Commissioner, L&O and Traffic, Sanjay Kumar Gurudin, attended.
Participants of ‘Hackathon’ should come up with software and gadgets
