Bengaluru, 11 September

The Jet Patcher technology is well suited for repairing smaller potholes without disrupting traffic or causing additional congestion, Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said on Friday.

Launching a demonstration of the Jet Patcher technology on the road between Vidhana Soudha and MS Building here, he said the City requires different scientific and technology-based solutions to address different types of potholes.

For some of the potholes, only the top layer of asphalt has worn away, while in others, both the asphalt and underlying aggregate have deteriorated, resulting in deeper potholes, he said. 

"Going forward, different technologies can be deployed depending on the nature and severity of the pothole,” he said.

Gowda said the Jet Patcher is not designed to repair deep potholes, but is particularly suitable for potholes that are around two to three inches deep.

“It cleans the dust and debris, applies the bitumen and wet mix, all through a single machine,” he explained. Gowda said that once the repair is completed, traffic can resume within about 10 minutes, eliminating the need to undertake such repairs exclusively at night.

The Central City Corporation has invited a tender worth Rs 2 crore for the pilot project, under which Jet Patcher-based pothole repairs have now commenced.

“If the Jet Patcher technology proves successful here, we will soon expand its use to pothole repairs across all the city corporations,” Gowda added.