If you are a Mumbaite, you probably would know how the roads in Mumbai are, unless you are a fortunate train traveller. Well i wont be sarcastic, and would write about train travel in another blog, but right now lets sympathise with the roadies.
From beautifully carved potholes to puddles that give you that tingling feeling in your stomach. You really dont know whether you would make it out of that puddle alive. You dont know how deep it can be. Maybe it is the grand canyon in disguise, or maybe it is just a mirage (you shouldnt have had that extra peg the previous night). To sum it up, the roads in Mumbai are abominable. I dont say that all the raods all over mumbai are bad, there are some roads that are a pleasure to drive on. But the bad ones, ... they are now a cultural heritage of Mumbai. NGO's should take up initiatives to actually preserve these one in a million beautifying structures.
Sometimes I just cannot encompass as to why the government loves digging. Every single employee of the government does. From digging for bribes to digging up the roads and digging their noses. If they adore digging so much why cant they dig into the fact that they are spoiling it not only for themselves, but for every person around them. Or should I call them gravediggers? Somebody get some sense into their blinded minds !!! Anyway getting back to the dug up roads, there always is a dug up road in mumbai around every corner. Probably for laying some telephone cables or some other stupid wire. And before they have finished filling up one hole, some other contractor has already started digging up the other end of the street.
Isnt it about time we coin a new term - "dughole". Potholes are holes caused by natural conditions and traffic. Dugholes are caused by the great indian diggers.Wow!! At this rate, we can say that "for every road in mumbai, there is a dughole".
And nowdays we have seen a spurt in conversion of the existing tar roads in Mumbai to the much stronger and durable concrete roads. I was really happy to see these developments. Atleast the digging business would slow down (anyone would have to think twice before digging a concrete road). But strangely, the western countries have realised that asaphalt roads are better than concrete roads. The are easier to maintain and the amount of noise a vehichle moving on them is considerably less as compared to concrete roads. Hope they dont decide to scrap all the concrete roads and get back to Asaphalt! On second thoughts, i dont think so. Concrete is more suitable for Indian conditions. cause even before they are completed, asaphalt roads look like the cheek of a pockmarked pirate.
People always say, It is you who should make a difference. Could someone guide me as to how I should make a difference in this situation. How? How? How Freakin How???
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