Police said the BMC responds to their pothole-related complaints within three hours, but the material used to fill them up gets washed away when it rains

Even as the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) claims to be on a war footing and spending hundreds of crores of rupees on filling potholes, the results aren’t quite showing, according to motorists and traffic police officials. While the civic body is quick to respond to pothole-related complaints, the fill-up job sometimes lasts just a few hours, they said.

Traffic police officials told HT that the BMC responds to their pothole-related complaints within three hours, but the material used to fill them up gets washed away when it rains again.

“ In a month, the BMC fills one pothole at least eight times,” said a senior traffic police official

My Take :

Hey , What is “ news “ in this ?

It would be “ news “ if the headline reads :

“ As soon as there was a slight break in rains , BMC filled up , “ water-filled pot-holes “ with COLD ASPHALT , ran a Road Roller over it and allowed the traffic to resume within 15 minutes. These potholes did NOT reappear for 12 months “

The above headline would be “ news “ also because it would prove that there was :

Ø no CORRUPTION ( bribing of BMC inspectors by the contractors – for acceptance of a shoddy job )

Ø no CORRUPTION ( by specifying use of ONLY Cold Asphalt , in tender specs )

Oh well , citizen of Mumbai have known about such GOLMAAL for decades . What they may not know is :

What is this COLD ASPHALT ? How can you use it by pouring it in a water-filled pothole – considering that water and asphalt are sworn enemies ? How can these enemies work together to fill up potholes that last ?

Interested readers may want to look up my following e-mails , sent to our Cabinet Ministers :