Overview

Overview:
Karnataka Road Asset Management System (KRAMS) is a centralized asset management system for the state road network related assets, which will make road data widely available to all stakeholders, and assists PWD in enhancing their capabilities in decision making for planning, programming, monitoring, management, funding, procurement, and in the allocation of resources in the road sector, by providing a source of readily accessible, relevant and valid information with the help of various modern, analytical tools.

The State Government of Karnataka (GOK) has received a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the institutional development component of the Karnataka State Highways Improvement Project (KSHIP). Some part of this loan is being utilised in financing KRAMS to support the establishment and operation of the Planning and Road Asset Management Centre (PRAMC) of the Karnataka Public Works, Ports and Inland Water Transport Department (PWD).

The KRAMS software will be used as scientific tools for planning, programming, budgeting and management of the state road network owned and managed by PWD, GoK. KRAMS shall support decision making processes taking account of the assets life cycles, economic, social and environmental factors within a rational framework, and with greater involvement and acceptation of all stakeholders. The KRAMS will be developed, but not be limited, to handle the following key aspects:

Carriageway, shoulders, drains;
    Intersections;
    Bridges, CD structure (causeways & culverts) , fly-overs, under passes, ROB, RUB;
    Furniture includes km stone, hectometre stone, sign boards, crash barrier, lane marking, bus stops, bus/truck bays, medians;
    Right of way, tree, water bodies, utilities