Soon Indians would be able to call emergency “road ambulances” to fix the roads that visibly suffer from potholes and urgently need repair for the smooth movement of vehicular traffic.
A north-Indian city of Bihar has launched this unique road-care concept to fix its damaged village roads and state highways. The very first road ambulances are expected to scan the city roads by January 14 next year, doctoring the “injured roads.”
Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took forward the 2,500 crore rupee program to revive more than 9,000 kilometers of state highways and village roads by May next year.
The much awaited road ambulances would be made available via a 24-hour complaint center. The vehicles would be fully equipped with materials needed to fix potholes and a Global Positioning System. The design and operation of these road ambulances would be controlled by the government; however, the vehicles could be owned and run by private contractors.
The chief minister, during his previous terms, had initiated several drives to improve the law and order, health facilities and roads in the state.
Earlier, in January this year, the state’s road construction work done under the governance of Kumar was praised by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which promised all assistance to the government in further promoting good roads in the state.
