Table of Contents
Rajkot Municipal Standing Committee Chairman Pushkar Patel said that in cities like Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore, a special type of white topping technology is being used for the long life of the road. In this method, the asphalt road is prepared by mixing cement and special chemicals.
Rajkot White Topping Road Project
Rajkot Municipal Corporation will prepare half a kilometer of road at a cost of 1 crore and 22 lakhs as part of a pilot project to prevent the roads from being dilapidated for 20 years. The topping road will be prepared. This decision has been taken in the standing committee meeting in Rajkot Municipal Corporation today.
What is White Topping Road?
Rajkot Municipal Standing Committee Chairman Pushkar Patel said that in cities like Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore, a special type of white topping technology is being used for the long life of the road. In this method, the asphalt road is prepared by mixing cement and special chemicals. A layer is spread with this solution. Due to the road prepared in this way, rain water does not penetrate and its safety is strengthened. The road prepared by this method costs about Rs 1000 per square meter. does not occur, due to which the total cost remains the same.
Study will be done as part of pilot project – Pushkar Patel
In this regard, Standing Committee Chairman Pushkar Patel further said that in October 2021, Rajkot Municipal Engineer YK Goswami went to Mumbai and Pune to study the road prepared with the help of this technology, but this road work was revealed to be a bit expensive. The first experiment has been carried out. A tender was published by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation to build roads using this method.
This work will be done in a total area of 840 square meters
In which two agencies showed interest out of which one agency was disqualified while Pawan Construction hired the contractor for this work for 1 crore 22 lakh 50 thousand rupees. This work will be done in a total area of 840 square meters. This road is being prepared as part of this pilot project by Rajkot Municipal Corporation. And in the coming days it will be implemented in the city after its study.
Also Read: Love story ends tragically in Ahmedabad city, accused couple arrested for murdering youth
Read all Gujarat news and breaking news in Gujarati at businessupdates.org.com
Stay connected to read news of all districts of Gujarat…
