IoT-Based Dynamic Traffic Management and Control for Smart City in India

Introduction

India is a democratic republic country having parliamentary form of government (National Portal of India, 2019). The country stood on second position with a population exceeding 1.38 billion residents (India’s Population, 2020). Therefore, it has become a global management issue. Indore is the most populous and largest city in west-central India. Indore is the commercial capital of Madhya Pradesh, having a population of around 5.12 million approximately (Indore Population Estimation, 2020). The most crowded city of M.P. is known for its food. Also it is a research hub having IIT, IIM and RRCAT, an education hub, religious hub, medical hub, tourist hub and shopping hub. The city is surrounded by Industry areas of Pithampur and Mhow.

According to the World’s largest cleanliness survey, Swachh Survekshan 2020, Indore is declared as the cleanest city for the fourth time (Swachh Survekshan, 2020). After achieving first step towards smart city project, government’s next mission is to deal with Traffic. The system proposed here involves the use of IoT with current running systems. This will be easy to implement and handle traffic in better way. IoT is a broader term which inculcates the use of online network to make things easier. The advent in technology enables to build a smart environment for communicating devices that can find applications in almost every field including automation, security, monitoring, surveillance, detection or control. The domain may include industry, educational institutions, agriculture, domestic applications etc. The market of IoT in India is anticipated to increase with Compound annual growth rate of more than 28% in course of 2015-2020 according to “India Internet of Things Market Forecast & Opportunities, 2020” (Internet of Things, 2019). In past recent years, the paradigm of IoT has shown significant growth. Ericsson Mobility Report tells that number of IoT devices is projected to be quadrupled by 2021 (Information About Growth of IoT, 2019). Figure 1 represents the six elements of IoT. Table 1 gives the description of all these elements.

Figure 1.

Internet of Things: from connecting devices to human value.