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| | Mangalore's roads turn nightmare |
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| | Published Date: 28 Jun, 2008 (1:20 AM) | | By Team Mangalorean, Mangalore
Photographs: Rajesh Shetty
MANGALORE, June 23, 2008: This coastal city which has become almost a synonym for bad roads is yet again finding itself in a bad road situation. Everybody appears to be blaming the rains for bad roads. Rains will come whether we want or not and rain was more important than roads for human survival. The roads can be better of course.
It is also true that roads go bad every monsoon. The reason is more human than nature for bad roads. Thanks to the callousness of the officials and the connivance of local politicians the money spent on roads was minimal while the cut and kickbacks takes away more than 50 percent accuse the local businessmen.
There are few contractors in the city that take up road repairs every year. The Mangalore City Corporation keeps aside Rs. 10 crore for road repairs every year out of a total of 170 crore budget. It has been raised to 15 crore for 2008-09. But even that would not ensure good roads for Mangalore.
Various NGOs in the city have pointed out that the material used to make the roads mainly bitumen supplied to the Corporation and the PWD was of sub standard quality and the mix of right kind of granite jellies and surface layer also not done accordance with the scientific road construction standards.
The bitumen which is procured from local contractors is stated to be mixed with muddy gear box oil and engine oil discharged from the automobiles which makes it porous and vulnerable against the rain water. The presence of oil does not allow the hot mix to coagulate on the road once it is laid out on the base. The porosity of the surface of the road makes the water seep through the layers of the road and loosens the base of the road.
The sources in the PWD told Mangalorean.com that this was the common problem every year as they get only substandard material for roads laying.
But one of the former Corporators who had been a deputy Mayor points out that during the tenure of her council the roads were good for three years despite the monsoons being vigorous. | |
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| naveen shankar, Bahrain |
Jul 17, 2008 |
| i agree with everything written in the artical. why not concretize the roads? but, along with that, i think water drainage system should also be considered as a serious factor. |
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| jawar dsouza, Qatar |
Jun 28, 2008 |
| There is no point in complaining until there are corrupt people in the system. money only will be swindlled by these people, strict polices should be used for the contracters. |
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| Tina, Qatar |
Jun 27, 2008 |
| What A Condition!! |
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| HERAL, Oman |
Jun 25, 2008 |
| Roads in Mangalore will never change @Mangalore MLA/MP/Corporator About Road Nothing To say |
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| asif, Saudi Arabia |
Jun 25, 2008 |
i have a sugestion and i request all of you to think over it.
the sugestion is,instead of repairing the roads with bitumin or what ever the other stuffs, its better to apply those to the surface of our vehicle tyres. so there will no question of blaming the contarctors or MLA or whoever. |
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| abdul asif - Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia |
Jun 25, 2008 |
yes your right Mr.Mansoor Kulai
Even i feel the same. I really missed it. |
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| Pritesh Shetty, Bahrain |
Jun 25, 2008 |
| I think this is the best occasion to felicitate our Mangalore MLA/MP/Corporator for this feat. |
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| Shenoy, India |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Good pictures of bad roads! Terrible roads. It can only get worse I am afraid.The highway is damaged to a great extent by the trucks carrying the manganese ore from Bellary it seems. Is it not possible to try alternate methods of transportation? Goods train is one way. Shipping from Karwar is another way. |
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| ka., India |
Jun 24, 2008 |
When i look at the above pictures, i am reminded of the slums of Bombay. The roads are typical South Kanara roads, mushy, water logged, hop, skip and jump, potholes. The buildings are ugly with fungus/moss on the walls, with numerous, disgusting, ugly, multicolored Name Boards of various businesses. South Kanara has been transformed from UGLY to UGLIER, and can successfully be named one of many UGLIEST places in India. "India is shining" - is a blind statement. When there is such high technology know-how in India, why do we still have to live in such "slums". South Kanareans are supposed to be well educated. I guess, high standard of thinking and living are not part of our education system. We seem to be proud of the progress we have made with our numerous malls, with their western franchises, like Domino's Pizza, and of course our numerous Bar's. Drinking alcohol and eating Pizza's or Burgers or Chinese, does not make us modern, or westernised, nor does using rude, unprintable English words, which are used in abundance, when speaking English or any other language. (Hello!.... English ca..n be spoken well without the use of such words).
It is not enough, if we build these multistoreyed buildings, they have to be maintained well. Otherwise, we will look like many of the ugly buildings of Bombay, fungus covered and balconies lined with clothes lines, etc. To enhance the look of our buildings, we need to give them a wash every October/Nov, after the monsoon. Business can also be numbered or given a nice neat name board. Also on the front of the buildings there can be a huge panel with the names of the businesses which are running in the respective buildings. I am sure, we South Kanareans, don't lack in ideas, if we set our mind to it.
In regards to our roads, we have the technology and resources, but not the honesty, to utilize all the money alloted by the treasury. |
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| Mansoor Kulai- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Nice To Look at Our Mangalore. Thanks, I miss This Monsoon, About Road Nothing To say. Any advise Its Common Each rain same result, Again Thanks for Nice pics "Mangalorian.com" |
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| Louis Fernandes, Belthangady, India |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Only rubberisation of road can solve problems like this. Rubberised road surface need repairs only at long intervals. Experiments conducted in developed countries have proved that a 5 per cent saving in fuel consumption has been achieved in vehicles running on rubberised roads, apart from lowered maintenance cost. Also the cost of repairs is just 30 per cent of what is required to maintain asphalted roads. |
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| Rovina, UAE |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Roads in Mangalore will never change. Authorised persons are taking advantage of the money provided to construct. So many people die in accident due to inproper roads. Travelling has become a punishment in Mangalore. |
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| Kiran, UAE |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| Most of the roads in the city are still laid with the crudest of methods known to man. The sub base of the roads is not strengthned. Every time a road gets damaged only the wear course is relaid. Using a paver doesnt ensure duralibility it only ensures even road surface. City corporation collects money for any road cutting works and the goons in the corporation do not ensure the roads are returned to normal state after repairs because their mouths are shut with loads of cash. Rains are not the reason it is bad design and bad materials that has lead to the detirioration of roads every year. Our corrupt politicians are to be blamed. In most of the cases these so called great leaders do not posess even basic qualification. |
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| Nihad, UAE |
Jun 24, 2008 |
| I think the contractor and consultants are not following standard given by govt. Roads spoiling the image of city, concern authorities should take timely action before damage fully. Still 3 months is there for the rains to stop. Its difficult to drive on such roads, state government should take immediate action. |
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| Austin Prabhu, USA |
Jun 23, 2008 |
| It looks like these tar roads are made of 2 to 3 inches thick! Are these going to last long? It is time to change the way we prepare tar roads so that they last longer. Are our contractors doing a sub standard work? |
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