Develop a self healing/ repairing road for areas affected by heavy rainfall/ slow

BRO constructs roads in remote areas of the country. These provide connectivity not only to the Indian Armed Forces, but also to locals and tourists in the region.

Most of these remote areas either receives heavy snow (in Northern States) or heavy rains (Eastern States). The excessive snow/ rains tend to damage the surface of the roads much earlier than their design lifecycle.

Further, speedy repair of all roads at all times becomes a challenge with limited resources available on ground.

Hence, there is a need to develop a material of road construction with which the roads would self heal themselves, when small cracks appear, well before they develop into pot holes.

Future Expectation from the Prototype/ Technology Developed

Undertake concreting work in sub zero temperatures.