New Technology To Make Hyderabad Free Of Potholes

The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has adopted a new technology which can help fill all the potholes on the roads in its limits within 90 days.

Speaking after launching the first-of-its-kind "pothole vehicle" on Thursday, GHMC Mayor Majid Hussain said that the latest technology would address the grievances regarding potholes on roads, in a more scientific manner.

"The new system is both easy to apply and cost-effective. The pothole repairs made using the new technology will last for one year, and all potholes in the jurisdiction of the GHMC will be filled within 90 days," the Mayor said.

Named "Road Doctor", an Infra Red PotHole Repair vehicle was launched on Thursday, and the GHMC proposes to hire four more vehicles on an outsourcing basis and deploy one vehicle each in each of the five zones.

The GHMC Commissioner informed that the vehicle was approved after it had passed several trial runs in some areas last week. This technology also facilitates the filling up of potholes even when there is water on the roads, he said. He requested the people to call on the 24x7 toll-free number 21111111 to make their representations for the filling up of potholes, and that within 12 hours, the GHMC would fill the potholes without causing any inconvenience to the public.

He said that the vehicle takes about 30 minutes to complete the pothole filling work, and therefore upto 40 locations can be covered in a day.

Deputy Mayor G Rajkumar, MIM GHMC floor leader Mohammed Nazeeruddin, Standing Committee Member Wajid Hussain, Engineer-in-Chief R Dhan Singh, Chief Engineer K Suresh Kumar, Executive Engineer Veera Pratap and other senior officials were also present on the occasion. (INN)