Ecofix Technology to Help BBMP in Instant Road Repairs in Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Engineers of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike expressed satisfaction over a live demonstration of a pilot project steel slag based ECOFIX technology to fix deep and shallow potholes conducted on busiest Avenue road near Anjani Temple in Bengaluru city on Wednesday by scientists of CSIR-Central Road Research Institute, a premier road research institute of the country. He termed ECOFIX technology “a boon to the city roads.” After taking note of the advantages of the ECOFIX technology, Prahallad said during monsoon season when the majority of hot mix plants cannot be operated but with ECOFIX technology “It is possible to carry out durable road repairs in an eco-friendly manner.” The Principal Scientist Dr Sanjay Pandey stated ECOFIX technology is developed using industrial waste of steel industries and has the unique ability to repair the water-logged pothole without any dewatering management. While conventional road repair technologies require dewatering of potholes and application of tack coat, Pandey said with ECOFIX technology can be used even under waterlogged conditions without any tack coat requirement. The ECOFIX technology, Pandey said, does not need any heating of aggregate and bitumen hence it significantly reduces the Greenhouse Gases emission in the atmosphere caused by regular road maintenance techniques.