NHAI pilots real-time stray cattle alerts on Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari highways
NHAI, with telecom service providers, launched a pilot on 14 January 2026 to send real-time alerts to highway users about 10 km before stray cattle-prone stretches on the Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari National Highway corridors.
Summary
NHAI's new pilot sends real-time safety alerts to highway users approaching stray cattle-prone zones on the Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari National Highway corridors, launched with telecom service providers during Road Safety Month 2026. Location-based alerts are triggered about 10 km before identified high-risk stretches, through a Flash SMS in Hindi followed by a voice alert. To avoid alert fatigue, the same user will not get a repeat alert within 30 minutes. The aim is to cut accidents caused by sudden cattle movement, especially in fog and low visibility.
Key facts
- Agency
- NHAI, with telecom service providers
- Pilot corridors
- Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari National Highways
- Warning distance
- About 10 km before high-risk stretches
- Format
- Flash SMS in Hindi, then a voice alert
- Repeat rule
- No repeat alert to the same user within 30 minutes
- Occasion
- Road Safety Month 2026
Practice MCQs 2 questions
On which National Highway corridors is NHAI's real-time stray cattle safety alert pilot (January 2026) being implemented?
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Correct answer: B — Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari
PIB (Road Transport): the pilot is being implemented on the Jaipur–Agra and Jaipur–Rewari NH corridors.
Under NHAI's stray cattle alert pilot, approximately how far ahead of a high-risk stretch is the warning triggered?
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Correct answer: C — 10 km
PIB (Road Transport): location-based alerts give advance warning approximately 10 km before identified high-risk stretches.