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Self-healing NHAI creates CMUs

highways aving completed the The CMUs will be

HAI is exploring the use H construction and responsible for ensuring
widening of most
smooth traffic flow, removal
of self-healing materials stretches under
for road construction it, the National of encroachments, frequent
to solve the issue of Highway Authority of India has and periodic inspections,
Npotholes especially on turned its focus on ensuring their maintenance of way side
rural roads. A new asphalt blend operations and maintenance by amenities and roadside
is expected to enable a road to setting up Corridor Management plantations. These units will
autonomously repair itself. This Units (CMUs). This has come at also be tasked with ensuring
composite will be a mix of steel fibres a time when there has been an installation of signboards and
and bitumen. If a gap is formed, increased need for the NHAI to other road furniture, regular
the bitumen will expand to fill it, work more in managing and monitoring of traffic volume
while the steel threads will assist in maintaining its road assets than at toll plazas and actual
patching potholes. This innovative building new roads. ground conditions.
technology also has the potential to
prolong the road’s durability and cut
maintenance costs.

Shinkun La construction to begin

he Border Roads In his address on the Raising
Organisation marked Day, Defence Secretary,
its 65th Raising Day Giridhar Aramane lauded
in May this year. the BRO for fulfilling its
TAccording to the responsibilities successfully in
Defence Ministry, the BRO inhospitable terrain and tough
will soon commence the weather conditions. Aramane
construction of the 4.10-km urged the BRO to infuse latest
long Shinkun La Tunnel. Once technology and techniques for
completed, this will become faster completion of projects
the world’s highest tunnel through which human efforts
at 15,800 ft bypassing Mila will be reduced and utilised
Tunnel in China at 15,590 ft. more efficiently.

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