THE WORK COVERS THE SUPPLY, PAINTING, LETTERING, AND FIXING OF DISTANCEMEASUREMENTSTONES AND SHALL INCLUDE:
(I)HECTOMETRESTONES
(II)KILOMETRESTONES
(III) 5TH KILOMETRE STONES
MATERIALS
THE HECTOMETRE/KILOMETRE STONES MAY BE MADE OF LOCAL STONES, CONCRETE OR ANY OTHER MATERIAL AVAILABLE LOCALLY AND APPROVED BY THE ENGINEER.
THESTONESSHALLBE BEDDED INTO THE GROUND WITH ADEQUATE FOUNDATIONS AS INDICATED IN THE DRAWINGS OR IN THE RELEVANT I.R.C. SPECIFICATIONS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER.
THE ORIENTATION AND LOCATION OF THE STONESSHALLBE AS INDICATED IN THE DRAWINGS OR IN THE RELEVANT I.R.C. SPECIFICATIONS OR AS DIRECTED BY THE ENGINEER.
SCRIPTS & SEQUENCES OF INSCRIPTION
ORDINARY KILOMETRE STONES ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS & STATE HIGHWAYS(VIDE PLATE 1) SHALL BE INSCRIBED EITHER IN HINDI OR THE LOCAL LANGUAGE AND INDICATE THE NAME & DISTANCE OF THE NEXT TERMINAL/STARTING STATION.
5TH KILOMETRESTONES ON NATIONAL HIGHWAYS & STATE
HIGHWAYS(VIDE PLATE2) SHALL BE INSCRIBED ONLY IN ROMAN AND INDICATE THE NAME & DISTANCE OF THE NEXT TERMINAL/STARTING STATION.
INSCRIPTEDSCRIPT SEQUENCE
SIZE, SHAPE& SPACINGOFLETTERS/NUMERALS
HEIGHT OF LETTERS FOR PLACE NAME:- 80MM
HEIGHT OF NUMERALS FOR K.M. :- 130MM
HEIGHT OF NUMERALS FOR ROUTE NO. :- 100MM
# FOR LONG PLACE NAMES, THE THICKNESS OF THE LETTERS AND THE SPACE BETWEEN THEM SHOULD BE REDUCED SUITABLY, WITHOUT MAKING CHANGES IN HEIGHT.
EDGE CLEARANCE
TOP– 50MM
BOTTOM– 75MM
SIDE – 50MM
SPACING BETWEEN
LINES–50MM
COLOUR OF BACKGROUND & OF THE INSCRIPTION
THE BACKGROUND COLOUR SHALL BE WHITE WITH BLACK LETTER & NUMERALS FOR NAME OF STATIONS & DISTANCES.
# THE SEMI-CIRCULAR PORTION OF KM STONE
YELLOW – NATIONALHIGHWAYS
BRILLIANT GREEN – STATE HIGHWAYS
WHITE – MAJOR DISTRICT ROADS
ROUTE NO. ON SEMI-CIRCULAR PORTION
BLACK COLOUR ON YELLOW & WHITE BACKGROUND
WHITE COLOUR ON GREEN BACKGROUND
DESIGN FOR ORDINARY KMSTONE
DESIGN FOR 5TH KM STONE
DESIGN FOR O.D. & VILLAGE ROADS STONE
MEASUREMENTS FOR PAYMENT
THE MEASUREMENT WILL BE IN NUMBERS OF 200 METRE, KILOMETRE AND 5TH KILOMETRE STONES FIXED AT SITE.