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Monsoon is around the corner. Soon, like every year, we will see the menace of
potholes on our roads and streets across India. This would result in innumerable,
avoidable injuries and fatalities.
We have successfully brainwashed the common public to believe that potholes are a
natural phenomenon which occurs during monsoon. As usual, our engineers in State
PWDs and City Governments are going to use the 19th century technology of repairing
potholes: dump soil and stone. This is despite the fact that a readymade, idiotproof,
permanent pothole patching mix, which can be used around the year (including
monsoon and cold winter), is available. This mix was approved in 2014 by the Indian
Roads Congress (IRC) as IRC Standard IRC:116, Specifications for Readymade
Pothole Patching Mix Using Cut-Back Bitumen.
Our engineers are either ignorant of this novel pothole patching mix or do not have
the WILL to implement new, proven technology. I have been reminding you almost
every year about this technology since 2010 when the Jaipur Development Authority
(JDA) started to use it on a large scale. Now, I have prepared a 25-minute video clip
of my lecture on it to convince you about its unbelievable field performance. Please
watch it at the following link:
https://youtu.be/85yKlkxGsPU
Our engineers in State PWDs, CPWD, MES, BRO, and City Governments have to
take the following simple actions immediately:
Include the items of supplying and applying this mix in potholes in their Basic
Schedule of Rates (BSR) to facilitating the tendering process. Necessary
nomenclature and rate analyses for inclusion in the BSR are given in attached
Annexure A, B, and C. [I am offering you everything on a plate; you just have
to eat it.]
Estimate the quantities of the readymade mix required by you and issue
tenders today. Keep in mind, this mix has a shelf life of over 6 months and can
be used throughout the year. Your local contractors can make it using locally
available materials.
I realize many of you are not directly responsible for pothole repairs. However, as a
responsible citizen of India it is your moral duty to make the concerned engineers in
your state and city governments aware of this IRC approved amazing technology.
This way, you will make a positive contribution towards preventing unnecessary
injuries and fatalities resulting from potholes. This is far better than just criticizing the
Government for not repairing potholes properly.
Sincerely,
American roads are not good because America is rich, but America is rich
because American roads are good. - John F. Kennedy
Those who resist change will become irrelevant in the 21st Century.
Narendra Modi
ANNEXURE A
Include the following 3 items in your agencys BSR right now to facilitate the
production and use of the readymade cold pothole patching mix.
ANNEXURE B
Assume one ton (1000 kg) of the mix is to be made and filled in 20 bags of 50 kg
each, which will be supplied to Department Godown for use later.
A. Cost of Materials
B. Production Cost
D. Total of A + B + C. 5,873.00
Total 6724.58
Add 10% contractors margin 672.46
ANNEXURE C
Total 2,904.00
Add 4.5% for royalty, sales tax, income tax, etc.. 130.68
Total 3325.08
Total 3657.59
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