MCD geared up with helplines and new equipment to deal with potholes and waterlogging this monsoon
MCD geared up with helplines and new equipment to deal with potholes and waterlogging this monsoon
Rains are not good for Delhi's roads. This is a well-established fact. But this year things could be different. Don't worry about the monsoon season - that is the message coming from the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. As far as the arrangements are concerned, there is a helpline in every zone and the civic agency has also bought a machine to fill potholes, which are a common site after rainfall on city roads. 
State-of-the-art: India's first pothole repair machine pics/mid day
"We are all geared up to face the monsoon season. Helplines have been established in all the zones to address the problem of waterlogging. The citizens can lodge any complaint pertaining to waterlogging, fallen trees, manhole covers, sanitation, repair of potholes, dangerous buildings, removal of dead animals or any other complaint relating to the civic agency," said an MCD official.
He also mentioned that the MCD has launched India's first pothole repair machine. "It is for the first time that hot technology using infrared rays giving the surface treatment of 2 is being used," said the official.
The machine was launched by Subhash Arya in Moti Nagar in west Delhi on Monday.u00a0
The machine costs approximately Rs 1.10 crore, and was purchased from UK. "The MCD has purchased this machine a s a Pilot Project and if the success rates are higher then MCD is planning to buy more machines," said the official.
Rs 1.10 cru00a0Cost of India's first pothole repair machine
30 mins Time it takes to make the road ready for traffic
| How it works |
| This machine will repair the patches/potholes on MCD roads with hot bitumen mix.u00a0 This machine is having an infrared hot plate of size 2mX1m, cove. Around 8-10 minutes, it heat-up the road surface, then the existing road material is dug-up and by adding binder (bitumen) and new mix, it is laid over the 2mX1m patch. The new mix brought in the bags from HMP and is also heated before lying on the road.u00a0 The heating process is carried out with LPG.u00a0 After the repair process the surface can be repaired in 30 minutes. |
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