During its pre-monsoon upkeep work, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) intends to deploy reactive asphalt expertise to patch up potholes. Following the instance of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which employed an analogous methodology to refill scrappy patches earlier than the monsoon final 12 months, the civic officers hope the method retains town pothole-free in the course of the monsoon season.

In accordance with that, metropolis officers examined the expertise within the metropolis on Tuesday.

After dealing with flak for years for sub-standard street circumstances in the course of the wet season, the civic physique plans to hold out resurfacing of 51 km of roads and has accredited ₹111.16 crores as the entire price for a similar, in accordance with officers.

Reacting to the event, further municipal commissioner Vikas Dhakne stated, “The contractor gave a presentation showcasing how the technology helps to fill up the potholes, even during the rainy season. The experiment was carried out under the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj bridge near the PMC building. During the trial, it was noted that the potholes were properly filled up within a few minutes. With the use of this technology, we want to eliminate the pothole issue.”