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India’s road network is
very huge and comprises
of national highways, expressways,
state highways, major district roads,
other district roads and village roads.
Mr. Manish Arora
Business Head
Mahindra Construction Equipment
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ndia’s road network is very huge
and comprises of national highways,
expressways, state highways, major
district roads, other district roads and
village roads. If numbers are to be
believed, then the market for roads and
highways is projected to exhibit a CAGR
of 36.16 per cent during 2016-
2025. This clearly portrays the fact
that in future, the already vast
road network in the country will
expand further. Well, it is a good
sign of growth but here comes
the worry about making India’s
growing network of roads safer and
sound. In order to ensure that the
roads remain safer in the longer
run, it is necessary to ensure that
quality roads are built and this can
be made possible only through
employing technologically sound
road Construction Equipment
(CE). However, it is generally seen
that in order to the curtail the
prices of the road CE, contractors
or construction company owners
take an easy approach towards safety
and quality parameters by employing
outdated machines. This thinking needs
to be changed. The contractors as
well as construction company owners
need to understand that better quality
equipment give extra output from the
same equipment than those without
such features.
Motor grader’s role in making roads safe
Typically equipment like motor graders,
backhoe loaders, vibratory compactors
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among few others are important
equipment used in the construction of
roads. If we talk about motor graders in
particular, then they are highly versatile
and used to make land surface smooth
and produce fine grades. They are even
used to set the native soil foundation
pads, move unearthed soil and debris,
mix materials and completely remove
a layer of soil and then spread a new
layer at that particular point to produce
even surfaces. Overall, motor graders
improve productivity and efficiency at
the jobsite.
Over the years, motor graders
have highly improved and become
technologically advanced. They come
loaded with features that can improve
the road construction process and
improve the quality of roads, thereby,
making them safe. Given the fact that
India is increasingly laying focus on rural
as well as urban roads, there is need for
technologically advanced motor graders
that can be best suited for the Indian
scenario. While there are many motor
graders available in the market but
most of them are manufactured
by international companies and
they are large and very expensive
and this puts a restriction on their
usage in the Indian scenario. There
is no doubt that these machines are
excellent in terms of technology
employed but they are not made
for construction of narrow roads
in rural as well as some urban
areas of the country. Here comes
into picture the indigenous motor
grader manufacturer—Mahindra
Construction Equipment’s (MCE)
offering and technologically-sound
RoadMaster G90. It is best solution
for Indian roads including small and
medium roads, state highways and
national highway expansion projects.
RoadMaster G90 is loaded with features
that can ensure quality and safe road
construction.
Mahindra RoadMaster G90: Making
India’s roads safer Here is a look at the
technologically advanced RoadMaster
G90’s features which can help in making
India’s roads safer...
1.
Machine
control
technology:
Generally, road construction is
very labour-intensive and time-
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