Making the world a better place

As India steam-rolls on its journey to make it large on the global map, a myriad of developmental initiatives need incubation and nurturing to support the nation’s path to prosperity.Let us come to a specific problem that needs hasty redressal. India is notorious for its roads, especially in post monsoon periods when let alone non-motorable roads, even the motorable ones are teeming with pot-holes, making driving not only arduous but also risky.

The root cause leading to pot-holes is attrition between the bituminous road surface and the stone-chips, provided to offer better grip, which causes the stone-chips to get washed away during the monsoons. An ingenious way to get past this is to impregnate bitumen with plastic. This can be cheap and environment friendly given the quantum of waste plastic generated throughout the country. Plastic infused bitumen has very strong bonding with stone-chips and is more resistant to water percolation, making it far more suitable for Indian conditions.