Of all the bad things in Pune city, I guess the worst has got to be the city streets and roads!
They are completely PATHETIC!!
The concept of flat roads is completely unknown to the Pune city Municipal Corporation. I guess the only flat thing the guys working there know of is probably the chapatis they have for their lunch or Dinner!
Just recently, India saw the heaviest rainfall fall in a long time. It rained non-stop for almost a week. You can only imagine the damage to the city roads done by that.
There weren't potholes anymore...there were craters! If that pothole was filled with rain water ...well you wouldn't even know till you were completely submerged! My friend damaged the front axle of his car because of one of these.
The funniest thing I can say is that when these municipal guys come to fill the potholes (again without the slightest concept of flat or level) they turn these craters ...I mean potholes ...into mounds!!!
Instead of falling into a pothole I have to worry about flying off a mound and accidentally be launched off into low orbit space (giving one of those "I can see my house from here" moments)!
Therefore a dump (pothole) today will be bump (mound) tomorrow.
A simple 5 Kilometre journey from my house to my college is a back breaking, roller coaster ride.....my poor shock absorbers...my poor ass!!
Add to this the narrow city streets and traffic (for a low down on Pune traffic do readhttp://saurabhj.blogspot.com).
In fact recently there was a 1 foot deep, by 1 foot diameter crater on a bridge recently and due to this a lot of traffic had to be re-routed... mainly trucks... and a certain section of Pune city was almost bumper to bumper traffic for a week!!
Also, they always start repairing roads during the monsoons...which makes you wonder what those lazy farts were upto the entire year(hmmm probably wondering what the word "FLAT" means!).
Now here is an interesting story I gotta share with you.
I heard about a friend's cousin, who went to the USA, and learned all about road construction. He came back and then got a job in this field (don't remember in which city). Some time later he was promptly fired!!
The reason : He built a road of very high quality!!!
Now, have you ever heard of anyone losing their job for doing it too well? Still wondering why he was fired... well the reason is shocking, sad but true.
It seems that the government officials have to sub-contract their work. Therefore, there are a lot of contenders for the contract. Now the contract goes to the guy who bribes all the intermediaries to push his contract all the way through.
Now, these government guys want this process to happen regularly, so they can get bribed continuously, which can happen only if the roads disintegrate regularly... therefore the construction of the road should be quite pathetic. (Yes, India shall progress very fast at this rate!!) Hows that for fixing regular employment??? Makes me wonder about the multiple crores of Rupees spent on concretisation, whats happening with that????
Also roads that are completely destroyed and need repairs for more than a year (for e.g. Senapati Bapat road) had a lot of minor accidents happening there. The road was fixed... two days before the Prime minister was to travel on that road. Need a road ...get a minister to visit and drive on that road!!!
Now, here is the clincher. Whenever a road is built, exactly 6 months later the authorities come and dig up the sides, and at regular intervals, dig trenches across the road to lay power cables, telephone cables and water Pipes.
An excellent example of advance planning and management!!! (More progress) But don't worry those dug up parts, will be filled again... over filled into mounds again...and we shall call them speed breakers.
Lastly, quite a few Automotive companies have their establishments set up in or near Pune for eg. Tata Motors, Daimler Chrysler and Bajaj Auto (this last company is full of morons by the way).
Makes sense actually... with these kinda roads... you save money on building a test tracks. Just drive the vehicle from Pune to Pimpri!! (Here come Briggs and Stratton!)
So, all you foreign investors out there who wanna make a car company, set up shop in Pune!!.
Benefits aside...test tracks for free!!!!
Another future career opportunity ... become a Chiropractor and save the bones of Pune residents (plus make a lot of money).
To end with here are the laws of the road.
#1 Dump today ...Bump tomorrow.
#2 Have minister will fix road.
#3 Brand new road shall be dug up and made bumpy in 3 months <= date of completion <= 6 months.
#4 Have road constructing skill; will lose job. #5 work for road development department; will get bribe.
#6 Car companies shall save money on test track if set up in Pune.
#7 Potholes and low orbit launch modules shall become number one killer in Pune city. well enjoy the ride....
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They are completely PATHETIC!!
The concept of flat roads is completely unknown to the Pune city Municipal Corporation. I guess the only flat thing the guys working there know of is probably the chapatis they have for their lunch or Dinner!
Just recently, India saw the heaviest rainfall fall in a long time. It rained non-stop for almost a week. You can only imagine the damage to the city roads done by that.
There weren't potholes anymore...there were craters! If that pothole was filled with rain water ...well you wouldn't even know till you were completely submerged! My friend damaged the front axle of his car because of one of these.
The funniest thing I can say is that when these municipal guys come to fill the potholes (again without the slightest concept of flat or level) they turn these craters ...I mean potholes ...into mounds!!!
Instead of falling into a pothole I have to worry about flying off a mound and accidentally be launched off into low orbit space (giving one of those "I can see my house from here" moments)!
Therefore a dump (pothole) today will be bump (mound) tomorrow.
A simple 5 Kilometre journey from my house to my college is a back breaking, roller coaster ride.....my poor shock absorbers...my poor ass!!
Add to this the narrow city streets and traffic (for a low down on Pune traffic do readhttp://saurabhj.blogspot.com).
In fact recently there was a 1 foot deep, by 1 foot diameter crater on a bridge recently and due to this a lot of traffic had to be re-routed... mainly trucks... and a certain section of Pune city was almost bumper to bumper traffic for a week!!
Also, they always start repairing roads during the monsoons...which makes you wonder what those lazy farts were upto the entire year(hmmm probably wondering what the word "FLAT" means!).
Now here is an interesting story I gotta share with you.
I heard about a friend's cousin, who went to the USA, and learned all about road construction. He came back and then got a job in this field (don't remember in which city). Some time later he was promptly fired!!
The reason : He built a road of very high quality!!!
Now, have you ever heard of anyone losing their job for doing it too well? Still wondering why he was fired... well the reason is shocking, sad but true.
It seems that the government officials have to sub-contract their work. Therefore, there are a lot of contenders for the contract. Now the contract goes to the guy who bribes all the intermediaries to push his contract all the way through.
Now, these government guys want this process to happen regularly, so they can get bribed continuously, which can happen only if the roads disintegrate regularly... therefore the construction of the road should be quite pathetic. (Yes, India shall progress very fast at this rate!!) Hows that for fixing regular employment??? Makes me wonder about the multiple crores of Rupees spent on concretisation, whats happening with that????
Also roads that are completely destroyed and need repairs for more than a year (for e.g. Senapati Bapat road) had a lot of minor accidents happening there. The road was fixed... two days before the Prime minister was to travel on that road. Need a road ...get a minister to visit and drive on that road!!!
Now, here is the clincher. Whenever a road is built, exactly 6 months later the authorities come and dig up the sides, and at regular intervals, dig trenches across the road to lay power cables, telephone cables and water Pipes.
An excellent example of advance planning and management!!! (More progress) But don't worry those dug up parts, will be filled again... over filled into mounds again...and we shall call them speed breakers.
Lastly, quite a few Automotive companies have their establishments set up in or near Pune for eg. Tata Motors, Daimler Chrysler and Bajaj Auto (this last company is full of morons by the way).
Makes sense actually... with these kinda roads... you save money on building a test tracks. Just drive the vehicle from Pune to Pimpri!! (Here come Briggs and Stratton!)
So, all you foreign investors out there who wanna make a car company, set up shop in Pune!!.
Benefits aside...test tracks for free!!!!
Another future career opportunity ... become a Chiropractor and save the bones of Pune residents (plus make a lot of money).
To end with here are the laws of the road.
#1 Dump today ...Bump tomorrow.
#2 Have minister will fix road.
#3 Brand new road shall be dug up and made bumpy in 3 months <= date of completion <= 6 months.
#4 Have road constructing skill; will lose job. #5 work for road development department; will get bribe.
#6 Car companies shall save money on test track if set up in Pune.
#7 Potholes and low orbit launch modules shall become number one killer in Pune city. well enjoy the ride....
Fancy Some Shopping?
4 comments:
Hehehe ... Good blog man ...
Its good that your friend "just" got fired ...
People get killed in our country for 'trying' to build good roads ... if you know what I mean ...
All in all, a good blog ... and thanks for linking to me ... :)
Ask me about roads , I have always been the victim , as a result of precisely what u've mentioned above.....!
Yes...everyone guffaws at the thought of me falling everytime...now I know what to say !!
hey pretty good ha .....if u wanna look at some more bad roads come to my area(planet)....hehehe
Wtih the development of in housing industry and property , roads must be well built by now.
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