Bamboo Crash Barrier on NH-48 Thane: 1 km to 10 km

Published 15 October 2026

NH-48 at Thane carries heavy freight traffic. It is the kind of corridor where a roadside barrier gets tested quickly. This is how a 1 km Kooch Kavach section grew into a 10 km installation.

The first kilometre

BSU installed 1,000 m of Kooch Kavach on NH-48 in the Achhad to Dahisar section on 5 December 2024. FP Project Management worked on the project with NHAI. The section runs along a slope, which makes containment important.

The July 2025 incident

On 25 July 2025, a loaded truck struck the barrier. The barrier contained it. The truck did not go down the slope.

On a slope, a barrier that fails does not just allow a vehicle across a lane. It lets the vehicle roll. Containing the truck at this location was the main requirement, and it was met.

The report

The report of 29 August 2025 covers about nine months of service. It recorded no weathering and no theft, and it recommended wider deployment of the system. The incident above sits inside that period.

The full order

After the first kilometre, the work order was extended to 10,000 m. By 3 July 2026, the Authority's Engineer had verified the full 10 km as executed and satisfactory.

This progression is how most new roadside products are adopted: a short stretch, a period of monitoring, a report, and then scale.