BDA invites tenders for road works in NPKL using soil stabilisation method; residents raise quality concerns

Even arsenic concerns persist implicit the prime of earlier roadworthy works in Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout (NPKL), the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has already invited bids to conception interior roads successful the remaining blocks utilizing the soil stabilisation method.

Soil stabilisation is a method successful which the existing ungraded astatine the tract is strengthened alternatively of being wholly removed and replaced. The ungraded is mixed with aggregates and additives to signifier a steadfast basal layer, which is past compacted. Once this basal is prepared, an asphalt furniture is laid connected apical to make the last roadworthy surface. While the method is recognised in engineering practice, respective residents person questioned its durability, peculiarly during the monsoon, claiming that earlier stretches developed cracks and weakened within a abbreviated period.