Roads in India.

Hello readers,

Hope you all are doing great.

Work hard ,work harder ,work with efficiency ,work in cooperative spirit,work with a team spirit to make your country great ,self sufficient and strong.

Sir.M .Vishveshvaraya.

India is said to be one of the fastest growing countries in the world. India has done well and has enriched in areas such as education, industrialization, tourism and fashion but there are some really major alarms which need a deep introspection. one of the major alarms that we would like to put across to you are the bad roads in India.

Good conditioned roads are the main attributions for a countries infrastructural growth. You need people and goods to be transported fast from one place to another in a safe way. More than 60% of the roads in India have taken up a bad shape it includes highways and roads in urban and village areas.

This problem is not new to India it is prevailing from decades. This shows that the problem hasn’t been addressed in totality. There are numerous potholes on the roads which has a very big impact on the transportation. 

A pothole invariably cause damages for the vehicles and slows the minimum speed limit.  And the congested roads which grounds traffic problems, it will  be difficult for the commuters  to drive in such roads.

 This problem is still there at the grass root level. The politicians and the authorities, who are responsible for resolving this issue, only give false promises and eye washer actions.

 For every action there has be a proper plan ,and the implementation has be done in the right way and there must also be proper controlling measures to rectify the problems. 

If these steps are not followed properly then there will be all sorts of catastrophes. This is what is happening to Indian roads, wherein there is brief planning and poor implementation.

 The roads which are constructed will be in a good shape initially, but when time fades away the roads start to take a bad form. Here comes the question of quality of the roads. When huge amounts of money which are sanctioned for this purpose hasn’t been utilized properly. This is an open truth.

Ok let’s take this situation ,It’s been 68 years since India got independence ,since then there is no doubt  about the advancement in various fields in the  country and ,we have always moved towards modernisation ,but still when we just think about India ,her roads and the transport in this great land ,we always get pale images of bad roads and poor infrastructure .

That is actually seriously sad, just think we are one of the biggest economies in the world, and in the recent years we have also become one of the major centres of import and export and also have become a hub for foreign exchange after some, good steps and relaxation of the LPG policy in 1991.

Even after all these milestones achieved,how can we still be commuting in the same old ,roads built by the British or the kings, how long  can the government stay numb? Irrespective of which government comes to power, we do agree there was some progress ,when each Government came to power ,but the rate of progress is way too slow.

Standardization is very much required in building roads, which helps in reducing traffic congestion, if we think strategically it’s actually not a tough rock to break, analysing an area, laying down good roads and maintaining them , is actually the bird eye view of a road development project.

We agree building a road is not at all a easy job, it requires smart engineers and it involves high expenditure, hence proper survey needs to be conducted before starting a project.

The issue of potholes is an urgent concern, we seen many sad and unfortunate accidents and trauma due to this.

If we just do a root –cause analysis of the issue, we have some major concerns like, poor material to build roads, irregularly maintained or no maintenance, untimely road cuttings for various reasons like water supply pipeline installation, sewage problems, and installation of fibre optic cables and so on.

If you just complete laying a good road, and just drill into it the following day, there is no pint of tarring a road!

We would also like to talk about ,rainwater management in roads ,which is very poor in India ,we agree that after a threshold volume no drain can manage water ,of course we all know that ,but our drains are not even capable of taking an hour downpour ,we are sure the designers had built these drains for a rainy day!, but due to litter and plastic and other garbage stuffed in the drains ,they are choked and hence ,roads become swimming pools at times!

The solutions.

The public has to raise their voices and question against the bad conditioned roads.

                                                                   

Fed up with apathy, Badal Nanjundaswamy , a Mysore-based artist, thought of giving BBMP a shock therapy . And the result was hard to miss, much like the gaping potholes that are a bane for the city .

On Thursday, Badal, 36, used his creativity to highlight an extra-large pothole that covered half the width of Sultanpalya Main Road. The message was so loud and clear that the authorities swung into action on Friday and filled up the crater.

courtesy :TOI

The first and foremost will be maintaining and standardizing the existing roads rather than venturing into new projects.

Periodic maintenance of roads must be made mandatory.

Taking case studies and successful project ideas from the countries with the best roadways in the world.

Benchmarking our roads with the best roads in the world.

There must definitely be transparency in the movement of funds sanctioned for road construction projects.

The road development projects and the maintenance  should never be dependent on the present political situation of our country, we feel it  should be given an independent status like the army of our nation.

We are happy to see advanced cleaning machines which are used in the early hours of the day, which clean the roads in a professional manner , adequate number of these machines need to brought into action.

We would like to conclude by saying, the solutions are simple ,and clear, and almost every responsible citizen and authority in this nation is aware of it ,but when it comes to  the implementation  part we are nowhere.

We need to change that and fill up the gaps between the broken roads of planning, and implementation, by filling it with essential materials of positive thinking ,better action plans and smooth coordination,and close those potholes of mis coordination for good.

We request our readers to suggest their views  which will help in improving our roads .

Thanks a lot for your time ,have a nice day ahead.

living with hope

Tejus R.S and Harish Murthy.