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The roads are the dominant mode of transportation in India today. India has dubious distinction of nation with about 8-10% towards road death which is nearly one lakh every year. Pavement surface quality is a primefactor which enhances the serviceability of a road. Pavement surface quality is spoken in unevenness and assessed in terms of the automobile wheels movements and suspension arrangement along with the drivers' understanding of speed and acceleration. Though, notwithstanding the rapid high-tech advancement of high-speed roughness checking apparatus, it should not be ignored that highway pavements are constructed for the drivers, who have ever been keenly aware of the relative degrees of ease or distress felt in traveling. Mostly, travellers believe in three basic things from the pavement surface; even trip, sufficient resistance to slipping, and enough power to shift the traffic to the following section of the highway configuration. Hence their insight on road surface quality should also be considered. In this case study an attempt has been made to maintain the roads by monitoring the roughness of road surface whether they exist in good, average or poor condition at specific reach of Chandigarh city in India. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]