There are many difficulties in developing infrastructure facilities in challenging geographical / climatic conditions such as cold regions, high altitudes and remote locations in India. This is because of constrained routes for transportation of conventional construction materials, onsite constructability difficulties, degradation susceptible exposure conditions and limited access for maintenance of constructed facilities. This scenario requires a light weight, impact resistant, non-corrosive and durable material system that can be easily transported, installed and serves maintenance free.

Another challenge in developing countries like India, the issues associated with waste water treatment are still unresolved due to lack of treatment process. This is because of the existing mid/large range water treatment plants require large power supply and space for installation. With rapid urbanization, there has been tremendous increase in waste water. The most of waster supplied for domestic use comes out as waste water which is often let into the ground or water bodies as a pollutant. The literature studies reported that existing treatment capacity is not even half of the sewage generation in India. Therefore, there is huge gap between wastewater generation and its treatment in India. The existing treatments units made with steel reinforced concrete suffer from corrosion problems due to acidic environment and compromising minimum service period. To address this challenge, a light weight, corrosion resistant and maintenance free material system is required which can be easily installed in lesser space.

Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) is a promising light weight material system with high impact resistance, corrosion resistance and enhanced durability. This material system can address the above challenges. There are several studies on engineered textiles such as carbon, aramid, AR-glass and etc., However, there exist not much studies on the durability of TRC systems with E-glass textile reinforcement which is technically promising, cheaper and locally available in India. I would like to grab the opportunity to bridge by gap by carrying out extensive research study on durability characteristics of TRC systems. This would extend significant contribution to “Clean India Mission” in our country by promoting light weight and durable TRC sewage treatment units in semi-urban and rural areas . And also, there are some difficulties in infrastructure facilities such as bunkers for Indian Army at high altitude boarders which can be easily addressed by these light-weight, corrosion resistant and durable TRC material systems.