Bihar road construction department will now use a high precision laser-based technology. This method will help to check the quality of newly constructed roads and maintenance of old ones to save time, cost and ensure accuracy in assessment.

The department till now keep count on manual verification of quality control measures as stipulated under the International Roughness Index. It has now decided to adopt the recently introduced laser-based network survey vehicle technology to check the quality of construction of national highways. Vehicles equipped with NSV technology come with high resolution camera and laser-beam throwing capacity to record and assess the condition of roads beneath the surface. Additional chief secretary, RCD, Amrit Lal Meena said the new technology will also ensure that contractors are penalized suitably for not adhering to quality control measures.

The executive engineers are advised to engage among 41 firms, empaneled by the Union ministry of road transportation and highways. Under the RCD’s maintenance policy, contractors are obligated to maintain roads for seven years after its completion. Meena said the policy also had provisions for high-level inspection of the projects.

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