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Need of Customised Solutions
for the Developing World
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Mr. Manish Arora
Business Head
Mahindra Construction Equipment
32 | JuNe-july 2018 | Global MDA Journal
nfrastructure developments the name
of the game when it comes to putting
India on the fast track to becoming a
developed nation. The government is leaving
no stone unturned to help the development
of infrastructure across the country.
Infrastructure develop-ment in a developing
country is the stepping stone towards a
song nation and economy. While most
technologies across the world is developed
in first world countries, it is used most in
developing countries these days. However
there is a major issue of the international
brand equipment being a slight misfit to the
local conditions in these developing nations.
Construction of roads both rural and urban
is a priority for the government and is doing
everything in its power to ensure faster
construction of roads across the nation.
While many road construction machines are
available, they are better sited to the needs of
the bigger companies that dealing large long
term projects that span over years. When it
comes to the small and medium players, the
huge machines are not only expensive but
also ill suited for most parts of rural India and
the small size of projects at hand.
Customised solutions are required to suit
the fast changing and varied requirements
of a developing nation. It is no longer
enough to create one machine and expect
to suit the needs of all. Buyers have become
more educated and demanding in terms of
wanting machines suited to the kind of work
and environment that they work in. The
biggest example of this is the motor grader
of international brands being obsolete for
use in construction of narrow rural roads due
to its size despite the technology being more
advanced and quality of machines being
superior.
For most developed countries, there is only