White-topping roads costs 10 times more than asphalting

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said there was a need to rethink of the white-topping of roads as it costs 10 times more than the regular asphalting. Replying to a question by Congress MLC S Ravi in the council on Thursday, the CM pointed out that a km of regular asphalting costs Rs 70 lakh to Rs 1 crore, while it costs Rs 9-10 crore for white-topping.

“I agree that the quality of the white-topped roads is better and durable, but we need to think at what cost we are doing it,” he said.