Chandigarh MC set to hire all-weather machine to repair roads

Soon, bumpy rides will be a thing of the past as the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is all set to hire an all-weather jet-patcher machine, at a cost of ₹2 crore.

With this, the MC can carry out road patchwork even during winters and monsoon, which was earlier impossible. As per officials, all different stages of patch work are integrated in a single machine, and it takes only a few hours to complete the task.

MC commissioner Anindita Mitra said, “A pilot project was earlier undertaken, and now the machine will be used more extensively. In other cities too, the machine has showed positive results.” It will be hired on a year-long contract.

Junior engineers will first be examining the roads, following which work will be carried out. “All patchwork carried out by the machine will be geo-tagged for better supervision and monitoring, and also to assess the performance of the firm running the machine. The firm will be paid according to the total length of the patch work done,” said an MC official.