GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS
TAHE Campus,
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No, RWINH- 33084/4972015058 (R) Dated: the 18° February, 2016
1301
To,
|. All Engineers-n-Chiet and Chief Engineer: of Public Works Department of States!
UTs dealing with National Highways, oer centrally sponsored schemes.
2. The Director General (Border Roads), Seema Sadak Bhawan, Ring Road, New Dei
10010.
The Chairman, National Highways Authority of India, G5 & 6, Sector10, Dwar,
‘New Deli-1 10.075
4. The Managing Director. NHIDCL, PTI Buildin, New Dethi-1 10001
Subject! Use of rubber/polymer modified bitumen on NHs and other centrally
sponsored schemes
Ministy vide its circular no, RWINH-33041/32001-S8R dated 1306-2002 had
stipulated that modified bitumen may be adopted in surfing for whole lengt of National
Highways, subject its availabilty and also sought performance reports on theiruse every six
‘months. However, currently no updated information regarding their use is available with this
Ministry
2 Ie may also be mentioned thatthe Ministry has received several Parliament questions,
representations, PMOIVIP references regarding the use of mosiid bitumen and it becomes