WEBDESK: The newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway, inaugurated on 5 June, has already started to show serious signs of damage. Less than a month after its grand opening, large potholes and cracks have appeared on several parts of the road showing India’s infrastructure failure.
The expressway, which was constructed at a cost of ₹55,000 crore, was presented as one of India’s most important and modern infrastructure projects. However, photos and videos shared by travellers on social media clearly show broken patches and water-filled potholes along the freshly built route.
Many commuters have expressed anger and frustration over the condition of the road. Questions are now being raised about the quality of the construction and how such a major project could fall apart in just 20 days.
This incident has once again highlighted the poor state of infrastructure in India. Despite huge amounts of public money being spent, basic quality standards are often ignored, leading to such embarrassing and dangerous situations.
Earlier on Tuesday, India’s fragile infrastructure has once again become the target of public trolling and ridicule after just a few hours of heavy rainfall triggered widespread flooding and waterlogging in Surat on Tuesday.
Social media users wasted no time mocking the Surat’s drainage and planning failures, as images and videos of submerged roads and waterlogged homes spread rapidly online.
The situation turned serious in the Palanpore area, where the compound wall of Orchid Elite collapsed next to a construction site. More than 100mm of rain inundated several low-lying areas, blocking major roads and leaving residents struggling to wade through water-filled streets.
Indians are bashing the so called ‘progress’ their politicians brag about, asking if this is the development they promised. People are mocking their leaders.
