NDMC plans to replace 6.5k road signage by March 2026

Time of India

5 hours ago

New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council will soon start replacing around 6,500 signage installed on its roads. The council has set March 2026 as the deadline to complete the Rs 19-crore project.
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An NDMC official said a tender was invited and some clarifications were sought from an agency. "As soon as clarification is obtained, the task will be awarded, and the process will start on the ground," said the official.
Currently, many signage in the NDMC area are painted green, which is meant for highways as per the Indian Road Congress (IRC) guidelines. This leads to confusion and a lack of uniformity. According to the project plan, all signage will be designed through software to ensure uniformity and consistency.
A presentation in this regard was made to the lieutenant governor earlier. "The changes are also suggested as many of these signage outlived their life and their reflector system needs renewal," the official said.
The executive engineers of the road divisions earlier surveyed the existing signage. It was found that 6,439 signage were installed on roads, service lanes, etc. Further, an additional 80 new signage will be required for schools and 20 more for other places.
The matter was discussed with senior NDMC officers, and to minimise the estimated cost, it was decided, among other steps, to utilise the stainless steel frames of existing signage. Currently, due to the involvement of multiple agencies in the management of the national capital, the signboards are also not uniform in shapes and colours.
In New Delhi Municipal Council area, which is a smart city, the road signboards are in green in rectangular-triangle shapes and the signage outside buildings are blue in the same shapes. But according to experts, as per the codes of IRC, the signage inside an urban city should be on a blue-coloured background with the writing in white. Most of the agencies in Delhi are still following the rules set during the 2010 Commonwealth Games when most of the city signage were changed.