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Nov

Conduct ‘Quality Assurance, Control’ on NH-275 pronto

By V.N. Prasad
Following are my observations with reference to the news item titled ‘Bent sections of retaining wall rectified on NH-275 in Mandya’ published in Star of Mysore dated Oct. 20.
Right from ‘Day One’ while driving along the Service Roads, I observed the phenomenon called bulging of sidewalls; termed “Reinforced Earth Walls” (abbreviated as RE Walls) in Highway Engineering terms.
I am aghast at the term ‘maintenance’ of the RE walls, so early in the life of  NH-275. I give reasons in the following bullet points for easy understanding of readers; to substantiate my views.