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BHUBANESWAR: In order to streamline the traffic system of the capital city, the state has installed adaptive traffic signal control system or intelligent traffic system at 50 intersections of the city. We will next inaugurate several projects including Smart Janpath project in the second phase,” said Vineel Krishna, CEO of the Bhubaneswar Smart City SPV Instead of a fixed waiting time, this traffic system will predict traffic volumes and adjust signal timings to match these volumes, said a senior officer of the Bhubaneswar municipal corporation (BMC).Naveen inaugurated another major project ‘Bhubaneswar Operations Centre’ along with Bhubaneswar Smart City Office at BMC Bhawani Mall Complex. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday inaugurated it at AG Square here.This traffic system, a part of the smart city programme, will improve travel time reliability by progressively moving vehicles through intersections. It is run by solar power.This system will not only collect real time traffic data but also optimize the signal phases in real time to reduce delays..