An efficient way to vehicle movement monitor in flooded underpass using IoT

Abstract

Humans are now suffering issues because of the rapid growth of the human population. Apart from that, there is a deficiency of appropriate infrastructure in development projects, such as roads and underpasses, which results in a range of challenges, such as water logging and floods. In the event of heavy rain, underpasses and roads get immediately swamped with water, resulting in traffic gridlock and car immobilization. Until recently, there were no planned strategies for monitoring the quantity of water in underpasses and flooded areas, and this is expected to change. We will need to keep a watch on it in the news or on Google Maps, or we will need to find out if anybody else has reported it before. One of the problems with this system is that the information we get moves slowly and easily may be misrepresented or manipulated. The principal aim of this system is to keep track of the quantity of water that is present in underpasses and other flood-prone areas. The data collected by our water level sensor, which we are using to monitor water level, is controlled, and uploaded by an Arduino board equipped with an ESP8266 module. A regular stream of data will be delivered to the cloud, and the vehicle movement will be rerouted in the most suitable way. It follows that individual who are passing via an underpass or on flooded roads may arrange their journeys appropriately by accessing information stored in the cloud. Another feature is the installation of an LCD display near the underpass, which continuously updates the water level, allowing anyone in the neighborhood to determine if it is safe for their car to pass through or not. A DC motor pump is then utilized to pump out the water when the level of the water exceeds a predetermined threshold value. This system has been tested in a number of configurations and has consistently performed as intended and produced dependable results in all circumstances. Furthermore, since it is less costly than prior prototypes, the proposed system is both easy to use and simple to keep up to date. © 2022 IEEE.