Cement, Energy and Environment

·- Have an extremely long life of 30 - 40 years with proper quality control >- Require very low maintenance throughout their life. Load carriers travelling on CC Roads save up to 14 per cent fuel and operational cost. Do not get damaged by heavy rainfall or high temperatures. Invariably cheaper than bitumen roads in life-cycle cost. Non-polluting and user friendly. Competitive even on initial cost basis Being lighter in colour require lower illumination Concrete Roads in Recent Times >- Mumbai City Roads - 450 kms. Further construction in progress >- Golden Quadrilateral (NHDP) - 1850 kms >- East-West Corridor (NHDP)- 1000 kms - under construction >- Nagpur, Aligarh, Pune, Delhi, Indore, Thane, Kalyan, Nasik, etc.-City Roads >- Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Haryana - Rural Roads- 5000 kms, 3000 kms, 2000 kms and 1000 kms respectively. Now Punjab, UP are also planning >- BRT Corridor in Delhi ~ 10-12 km. B-lane approaches to Yamuna Bridge at Wazirabad - New Technologies for Cement Concrete Roads >- Concrete overlays (white topping) on existing roads >- Thin overlays (Ultra Thin White Topping) on existing bituminous roads >- Continuous Reinforced Cement Concrete Pavement (CRCP) >- Fibre-reinforced Cement Concrete Pavement (FRCP) >- High Volume Flyash Cement Concrete Pavement (HVFC) >- Precast Prestressed Concrete Pavement ).> Precast RCC Pavement 'Y Interlocking Concrete Block Pavement (ICBP) Cement Manufacturers' Association CMA Tower, A-2E, Sector - 24, Noida - 201 301 (U.P.), India Tel: 91120 2411955/ 57 I 58 Fax: 91120 2411956 E-mail: cmand@vsnl.com , cmand@rediffmail.com Websit e: www.cmaindia.org [