New Delhi: Business tycoon Anand Mahindra is quite active on social media, and is known for his amusing and inspiring posts online. Videos and pictures shared by industrialist often go viral for various reasons, and the trend has repeated itself yet again.
In a recent post by the chairman of Mahindra Group, he shared a solution to potholes in India through an America-based video which seems to offer patch covers that can be easily pasted over the potholes or cracks and fissures on the road and even works as a waterproof seal over the pasted area.
Mahindra thinks that the particular product is of utmost use in India as it offers a solution to the issue Indians have been dealing with for decades now, as he terms the video ‘essential for India’.
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“I would say this is an innovation that’s essential for India. Some building/construction material company needs to either emulate this or collaborate with this firm and get it out here pronto”, he wrote in the caption.
I’d say this is an innovation that’s essential for India. Some building/construction material company needs to either emulate this or collaborate with this firm and get it out here pronto! pic.twitter.com/LkrAwIOP1x
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 3, 2022
The video in question here is an advertisement for a product by the US-based firm ‘American Road Patch’, that provides an instant and hassle free road-repairing solutions stating that it is absolutely “time-consuming and often renders the road inaccessible for some time”.
Since shared, the post has garnered over 160k views and numerous comments on microblogging site Twitter yet.
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“Sir – This will be useful if we have an early warning alert before it becomes huge craters and roads are already filled with potholes. May be suitable for the monsoon season, especially for Mumbai”, wrote a user.
Sir – This will be useful, if we have early warning alert before it becomes huge craters and roads are already filled with in potholes. May be suitable for non monsoon season especially for Mumbai https://t.co/yVv9VWrg9M
— VENKATESWARAN S IYER (@VenkateswaranI) August 3, 2022
While another said, “That’s amazing”, along with a fire emoji.
I’d say this is an innovation that’s essential for India. Some building/construction material company needs to either emulate this or collaborate with this firm and get it out here pronto! pic.twitter.com/LkrAwIOP1x
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) August 3, 2022
Not a practical solution for Indian road conditions. Also, there’re various types of potholes. If the pothole is deeper than carpet layer (wearing course), it needs to be filled with base & sub-base course. It’s not that simple you think. We too have good civil engineers.
— Adv. Sunil Thakare ?? ? (@thakares) August 3, 2022
