Wire crate and gabion items written to MoRTH clause 2503.3 appear in road and river BOQs across India. If you have one in front of you, talk to us before you price it.
We manufacture to your project's drawing and governing standard. Typical parameters we supply against:
| Parameter | Available options |
|---|---|
| Clause | MoRTH Specifications for Road & Bridge Works, clause 2503.3 — wire crates |
| Wire | 4 mm galvanised steel wire, @ 32 kg per 10 sqm |
| Tensile strength | 300–450 MPa, to IS 280 |
| Galvanising | to IS 4826 |
| Mesh | double twist, mesh size not exceeding 100 × 100 mm |
| Crate size | typically around 7 × 3 × 0.6 m, divided into 1.5 m compartments |
| Fill | boulders with a least dimension of 200 mm |
| Ties | loose ends tied with 4 mm galvanised wire |
The wording is older than MoRTH. It comes from IRC:89-1997, the Indian Roads Congress guidelines for river training works for road bridges, Appendix 2 “Details of Wire Mesh Crates”. That appendix sets the same 4 mm annealed wire to IS 280, heavy galvanising to IS 4826, 1.5 m compartments and crates up to 7.5 × 3.0 × 0.6 m.
The same appendix also says how the netting is made: wire bent round a row of spikes fixed on a beam, with each intersection double-twisted by hand using an iron bar. In other words, it describes crates woven on site by hand, not machine-woven mesh from a factory. That is why the item has to be aligned before a manufacturer can supply it.
This clause needs aligning with how gabion mesh is actually manufactured before the material can be supplied. We deal with it on tenders regularly, and we can tell you in one conversation what to ask for and how the item is usually settled with the department.
We manufacture gabion boxes and wire crates to IS 16014:2024, ISO 9001:2015 certified, from our works at Jangalpur (Howrah) and Ethelbari (Dooars).
Tell us your dimensions, wire specification and quantity — we'll come back with a quotation and lead time.
