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Highway pothole bursts 15 tyres after Rs 620 crore work
News18··5 Jul
A massive pothole on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Mahalakshmi in Palghar exposed reinforcement rods and burst more than 15 car tyres within 10 to 12 minutes, News18 reported on July 3. The failure came about one year after Rs 620 crore was spent white-topping the stretch. No major casualties were reported. Motorists demanded immediate repairs.
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What It Means For You
- More than 15 cars suffered tyre bursts within 10-12 minutes at Mahalakshmi on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.
- Rs 620 crore was spent on white-topping the stretch roughly one year before the pothole appeared.
- Exposed reinforcement rods created a hazard before the first proper monsoon rain in the region.
What's Happening
- A large pothole opened on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Mahalakshmi in Palghar district.
- Iron reinforcement bars from concrete surfacing protruded from the damaged road surface at night.
- No major casualties were reported, but motorists demanded immediate repairs to the highway stretch.
Roads After White-Topping
- White-topping is a concrete overlay technique meant to make highways more durable than asphalt.
- The incident occurred on one of the region's busiest national highway corridors linking Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
- Palghar district neighbours Mumbai, where pre-monsoon infrastructure failures have drawn recent attention.
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