For India's potholed roads, Anand Mahindra has a solution

It's raining hard in many parts of the country now, and as usual many roads are full of potholes.

Industrialist Anand Mahindra, known for starting many meaningful discussions on Twitter, has suggested this as a solution: why not we use the American Road Patch, a peel-and-stick solution for fixing potholes.

"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!" he wrote on Wednesday, sharing a video of workers using it to patch cracks on the road.


Called the 'bandaid for potholed roads', the product is projected as superior to standard road repairing, which both takes time and makes the road inaccessible for some time. It's a combination of high quality asphalt, polymer and geo synthetic fibre glass, and is compatible with both asphalt and concrete road surfaces. The makers say it's not only a quick solution, it's also a lasting one.

Some of those who responded, seconded the idea, while most doubted whether it would work in the heavy rains of India.

Some others pointed out it would need several kilometres of this stuff to fix potholed roads in India. Someone wondered whether it wouldn't be stolen.