Road network serves as backbone of country as it provides support for development and growth of nation. If road
condition is good and network is adequate it enables quick, safe and comfortable movement for goods and passengers between
two places. Pavement maintenance plays quite important role in upkeeping service life of any road. After the introduction of
PradhanMantri Gram SadakYojna significant improvement is there in village road development. There is need for maintenance
system for these PMGSY roads as no systematical maintenance practices are followed by concerned agencies for these low
volume roads. Pavement maintenance system comprises of inspecting pavement condition, rating pavement condition,
prioritizing road network and optimizing various pavement maintenance strategies in systematic manner. First of all, data is
collected from field by conducting various experiments regarding pavement condition and entered into database. This collected
data is analyzed according to codal guidelines and based on that various maintenance strategies are optimized. Soft computing
based Pavement maintenance system would be more beneficial rather than conventional pavement maintenance system due to
budgetary constraints of various government road agencies. Pavement maintenance system would be helpful in achieving
maximum benefits under allocated budget. Road network prioritization and optimization of alternative maintenance strategies
would be helpful in awarding contracts and arranging labors, materials, equipments for small scale pavement maintenance
projects.
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