Roads in Yadavagiri are being reasphalted. It appears that the basic principles of road construction are being ignored and it will be no surprise if the roads deteriorate in a very short time. Some of the obvious deficiencies are
1. The roads do not have any camber to direct water (such as rain water) off the road. So water will flow on the road itself and water is the biggest enemy of asphalt roads.
2. There is no usable footpath. The earth at the edge of the road is piled high upto two feet in some places. This will again force water to run the street itself and destroy it. In the photo, one can see the rut dug by flowing water at the edge of the road.
3. Existing potholes were filled most indifferently without cutting the road around the pothole.
4. Rolling has not been done properly and as a result, the asphalt at many places, especially near the road edge has not been properly compacted.
5. A slab over the underground storm drain below the intersection of 1st Main and 2nd Cross was broken, but the road was asphalted without replacing the slab.
In fact, the list of deficiencies (such as not monitoring the temperature of the hot mix, improper precleaning of the road surface, improper tack coat application, not providing a well-defined road edge, etc.) seems endless. Is there no quality control of road construction in Mysore?
B.V. Shenoy, Mysore Grahakara Parishat