Shri Nitin Gadkariji,

 Project ROTE — A Humble Request to Convene a Multi-Stakeholder Conclave for India's Road Safety Future

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Shri Nitin Gadkariji,

Namaskar.

With the deepest respect for your transformative leadership in building modern India's road infrastructure, I take the liberty of writing to you on a matter that I believe could position India as a global pioneer in technology-driven road safety and emission reduction.

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I am Hemen Parekh, a Mumbai-based citizen-thinker who has been proposing AI and satellite-driven transport reforms since 2018. In June 2025, I published a detailed proposal titled:

📄 Project ROTE — Reduction of Transport Emissions

🔗 https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2025/06/project-rote-reduction-of-transport.html

The core of ROTE is a real-time, satellite-assisted system to:

• Track every vehicle plying on Indian roads using NaVIC

• Compute each vehicle's HARM QUOTIENT — based on speed, braking, emissions, and route

• Assign a dynamic TRANS-SCORE to every registered vehicle

• Levy a behaviour-linked, emission-linked TRANS-TAX — automatically deducted via FASTag or UPI

The goal: reduce PM2.5 and AQI levels in Indian cities by 50% within 2 years, and cut road fatalities significantly.

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🛰️ WHY GRAHAA SPACE IS THE CORNERSTONE

For ROTE to function at national scale — tracking and communicating with hundreds of millions of vehicles across India's 63+ lakh km road network — it needs a dedicated, always-on satellite communication and observation backbone.

I recently came across Grahaa Space (https://grahaa.space), a DPIIT-recognised Indian spacetech startup co-founded by Dr. M. Loganathan (ex-ISRO Deputy Project Director, 36 years of experience) and Shri Ramesh Kumar. Their cluster of earth-observation nanosatellites in low earth orbit, designed to stream near real-time HD video and AI-analysed data of client-defined areas of interest, appears to be precisely the missing satellite layer that ROTE requires.

Combined with:

• NaVIC (for precise positioning)

• V2V communication (DoT's recently allocated 30 MHz spectrum)

• AI toll infrastructure (as piloted at Dahisar Naka, Mumbai)

• FASTag + UPI (for seamless Trans-Tax collection)

...Grahaa Space becomes the eyes and ears in orbit that give ROTE its nationwide reach.

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🙏 MY HUMBLE REQUEST

I respectfully urge you to convene a one-day Multi-Stakeholder Conclave of Network Constituents and Experts, bringing together:

1. Grahaa Space (satellite observation + real-time data stream)

2. ISRO / IN-SPACe (NaVIC, satellite policy)

3. Department of Telecommunications (V2V spectrum, OBU standards)

4. NHAI (road infrastructure, FASTag ecosystem)

5. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (AQI / emission targets)

6. Mumbai Police / Traffic Authorities (urban pilot experience)

7. MSRTC / State Transport Departments

8. Automotive OEMs (Maruti, Tata Motors, M&M — for OBU/ADAS integration)

9. IIT / IISc researchers (V2V standards, AI modelling)

10. Independent citizen-thinkers and civil society voices

The agenda: To debate, stress-test, and — if found worthy — fast-track Project ROTE as India's flagship Urban Mobility and Emission Reduction Mission.

India already leads the world in digital public infrastructure (UPI, Aadhaar, FASTag). ROTE is the natural next frontier — a Digital Mobility Stack that could save lakhs of lives and billions in fuel and health costs every year.

I would be honoured if you — or a senior officer nominated by you — could review the ROTE proposal and initiate this conversation.

I am readily available for any clarification, presentation, or further discussion at your convenience.

With profound respect and warm regards,

Hemen Parekh

Mumbai

hcp@RecruitGuru.com

www.HemenParekh.ai | www.IndiaAGI.ai

Blog: https://myblogepage.blogspot.com