| | MARCH 20228T he demand for geosynthetics in the infrastructure sector is growing considerably throughout the world, and India is no exception. As per the recent studies, the geosynthetics market is anticipated to grow at an im-pressive CAGR of over 9 percent by 2025 in the country. As a fast-developing economy, India is witnessing a significant infrastructural transformation including rapid growth in railways, roads, power, water resources, and much more. It is sacrosanct for these infrastructures to have long-term du-rability to prevent environmental disaster and land scarcity. Modern materials such as geosynthetics are the need of the hour to provide quality and long-term sustainability to the infrastructure. The polymeric nature of geosynthetics makes them a perfect choice to be used in a place where a great level of durability is required and gives them an edge over other alternative solutions. There are myriad geosynthetic options to solve an array of problems efficiently in any construction project and can be used for basic applications of separation, drainage, filtration, reinforcement, and protection. Not just that, Geosynthetics can significantly reduce capital and maintenance costs and curtail construction time. With challenges such as climate change and the increasing carbon footprint, geosynthetic products offer sustainable solutions thus giving them advantage over traditional construction method. Projects which involve the usage of geosynthetics can be efficiently executed with substantially less concrete steel, and thus earth soil. Results from various case studies have accentuated how geosynthetics can be more sustainable than traditional construction materials. GEOSYNTHETICS ­ THE DEMAND FOR THESE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, DURABLE, & LONG LASTING SOLUTIONS IN INFRASTRUCTURE IS GROWINGBy Vikramjiet Roy, the Managing Director of Maccaferri in India and the Regional CEO of the ISEAP (India, South-East Asia & Pacific) Region at the Officine Maccaferri GroupVANTAGE POINTVikramjiet Roy,Managing Director
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