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Written By ssheragu - 6 April, 2008

Bangalore Infrastructure


Laying of cemented roads: In order to have long lasting roads, all roads should be cemented roads. Only a thin layer of bitumen or fine cement should be used for surface smoothness. Such cemented roads will

  • last for a very long time
  • require little maintenance cost unlike bitumen roads which develop pot holes due to rains and wear & tear and require frequent repairs & maintenance.
Laying of cement or grass on sides of roads: In order to maintain a clean environment, it is suggested that
  • the land areas on either side of a road should be cemented or covered with grass; this will prevent generation of dust, which happens when the bare ground is exposed to atmosphere
  • the concept of covering all exposed land areas with grass be implemented everywhere to transform Bangalore into a clean city like Singapore.

COMMENTS

expensive..

blrsri - 7 April, 2008 - 01:25

Laying concrete roads are no doubt the best solution but its an expensive solution..so needs to be used on need..especially roads with heavy slow traffic, as tar cannot take the pressure..

Also concrete roads will stop the conduit for revenue generation for politicians..that becomes a disadvantage! 

About grass on the pavements..ideal but that needs maintenance..how about just trees and  symetrical blocks which are reusable and easier to maintain..

Plastics on road is a very nice initative..its like 'u created it so live on it' . The other long term environmental effects of such roads needs to be seen!

WATER?

narayan82 - 7 April, 2008 - 05:31

We use more and more potent solutions to stop the water from going into the road - we are also creating a draught strucken area below it. I sit possble for us to create roads that have holes in them for water to seep into, this way the ground water level is maintained. Atleast the dividers and the pavements should not be covered in concrete. The divider on Kanakapura Main road near J P Nagar 6th Phase is about 2 ft wide and is stuffed with concrete! Its a silly slution - it might have been wiser to fill it with mud and plant a few trees/plants!

Hai the idea of cemented

ssheragu - 7 April, 2008 - 08:00

Hai

the idea of cemented roads is for strength and cleanliness.

By cementing the roads, the roads will be robust & strong and require little maintenance unlike bitimen roads which start decaying in winter whenever there is rains or water stagnates on the roads.

also by cementing and having grass covered on either side, the mud gets up covered and there will not be any exposure of mud to the atmosphere and there will not be any collection of sand or mud on the roads thus making it dirty.

you may kindly have a look at the roads in CV Raman Nagar or defence roads which were laid about 50 years back and are only now showing some signs of requiring repair.

also it may be advisable for Praja members to undertake a visit to Signapore or USA to study the quality of the roads there and adopt the same standards of constriction here.

Hai your comments are

ssheragu - 7 April, 2008 - 08:15

Hai

your comments are understandable

the laying of concrete roads though expensive initially will result in considerable savings in maintenance (as you said this plan may not suit the financial greed of the politicians)

the maintennace of grass on pavements can be handed over to IT or BT companies who may be allowed to advertise at convenient places and incraese their advertisment potential; this arrangement will be mutually beneficial

thanks

Plastic roads

mcadambi - 6 April, 2008 - 19:16

The current HAL airport road has been refurbished using plastic waste by a small and dynamic firm called "KK Plastic Waste Management Pvt Ltd". This firm is quite famous and provides the necessary justification to recycle the mountain loads of plastic waste that we generate:

http://www.goodnewsindia.com/index.php/Supplement/article/384/

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