India, July 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
An incident of distressed condition of Pavement Crust at some locations of 6-lane Sanchore- Santalpur Section of Amritsar - Jamnagar Economic Corridor (NH-754K) in Gujarat (Pkg-4 from Kilana to Santalpur) constructed by M/s CDS Infra Projects Limited (Contractor) was reported.
Total Length of Amritsar - Jamnagar Economic Corridor in Gujarat is 130 km (6-lane) and length of distressed pavement crust is in 1.35 km (3-lane) on LHS in 10 patches and 1.36 km (3-lane) on RHS in 05 patches.
The instant failure of pavement crust has been caused due to defects in Aggregate Inter Layer (AIL), Cement Treated Base (CTB) and poor drainage. The project is on Engineering Procur...