The Road Division Office, Kathmandu, has intensified road maintenance work with the launch of a special campaign to make the roads in urban areas pothole-free.
The division office said that after completing the maintenance of roads within the Ring Road, it is now focusing its attention on the maintenance of roads outside the Ring Road.
To immediately repair the potholes that appear on regularly maintained roads, the office has launched the "Road Pothole Repair Ambulance" service.
On November 27, Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Kulman Ghising inaugurated the Pothole Repair Ambulance and a mobile app related to pothole repair at the Road Division Office.
According to Engineer Ram Chandra Phuyal of the Road Division Office, the target is to make 472 kilometers of road completely pothole-free through this ambulance service. The ambulance service, which will operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will also remain active in emergency situations.
Engineer Phuyal, who is stationed in the Mulpani area for pothole repair, said that most of the repair work is done at night due to heavy traffic during the day.
"During the day, essential roads are repaired immediately, but the main work is carried out at night," he said.
The Road Division Office reported that the automatically operated pothole repair ambulance is equipped with all facilities, including heating emulsion to 50 degrees Celsius, spraying, cutting the pothole, and cleaning it with air and water.
To make road maintenance even more effective, the Road Division Office has also launched a mobile app named "Road Maintenance Site Rescue (RMSR)."
Information on locations requiring road maintenance will be collected through the app and work will be expedited immediately, the office said.
However, Phuyal said, the public cannot currently send information by uploading photos of potholes via the app. "For now, our staff teams, who are on duty 24 hours a day, will identify the locations and carry out repair work," he added.
The ministry believes that the ambulance and a trained technical team will reach pothole locations and carry out repair work swiftly and efficiently.
The Road Division Office said that the campaign, which was launched in Kathmandu as a pilot project, will be expanded to other road divisions once it proves successful.
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