potholes Archives

Killer Potholes on the Roads of Chennai

July 13, 2018 Raghukumar Choodamani

Driving on Chennai’s roads is fraught with danger, thanks to a plethora of potholes, of different shapes and sizes. Watch out!

The economics of roads – Part 1

January 28, 2016 Ashwin Mahesh

Vittal Mallya Road was built about five years ago. When it was built, it was proposed as a higher order of design than the roads that BBMP usually builds. The difference consists of three key

BBMP should build roads that are not susceptible to potholes

September 25, 2015 Ashwin Mahesh

Pic: Prashant Kamat. Keeping the roads free of potholes is quite simple. Everywhere in the world, cities do this all the time. How? By doing three or four key things. First, they build roads of

An ode to our global roads

June 16, 2015 Sheeja Cassius

Pic: Sheeja Cassius Potholes – I got you under my skin!! When you are tired of sobbing, you sing! The worst pothole on varthur gunjur stretch had me and my pillion in. Ironically we

Old stone, new bill – this is our BBMP!

July 22, 2013 Ashwin Mahesh

See potholes everywhere after the rains for a week or two? Let’s remember that we spent Rs.300 crores tarring the roads just before the elections. That’s literally being washed away. There is a way to