Safety system installed at hairpin bend on Valparai ghat road

The State Highways Department has installed a sensor-based safety system at a hairpin bend on Valparai ghat road to alert vehicle drivers using the roadAn official of the Department told The Hindu tha

The State Highways Department has installed a sensor-based safety system at a hairpin bend on Valparai ghat road to alert vehicle drivers using the road An official of the Department told The Hindu that the system installed at the fifth hairpin bend uses solar energy, sensors, and a display board. “We worked on it for about 10 months and installed the system on Friday. If it is useful, the system will be installed at all the 40 hairpin bends,” said the official. The Pollachi-Valparai road, which runs for 64 km and has 40 hairpin bends, was inaugurated in 1903. The road is narrow, has sharp bends and deep valley sides. Visibility of vehicles coming in the opposite direction at the hairpin bends is not much and hence there are risks of accidents. The system has been developed to warn the vehicles of those coming in the opposite direction at the bends.