Minister M Vijayakumar has promised to repair the roads across various districts in Kerala before 30th of December 2010. He also promised to fix the Sabarimala roads before 15th and he has stated that frequent rains have been a big barrier for the maintenance of the roads in Kerala. Right now the government of Kerala has started filling the poth holes in the major roads of Kerala and the minister says that he is directly involved in the maintenance of roads across the 14 districts of Kerala.
Before Onam a minister in Kerala had claimed that he would repair all the pothholes and other issues associated with the roads in Kerala and that too before Onam. But that man has not been able to even fill even a single pothhole and his promises seems to be vanished in the air. I would not be surprised if Minister M Vijayakumar's promise would dissolve somewhere and by December 31st he would not even remember about such a promise made by him.
If this has to come true, a huge amount of money has to fall into the pockets of some dirty people (mainly politicians) involved in the construction and maintenance of the roads. If at any stage they find that they would not get any financial gains with a road maintenance or any other public construction works, their enthusiasm would dip and the maintenance plans would vanish.
Even in such a big city like Cochin, the Government is really looking idle and the Cochin corporation authorities seems to be not at all interested in any developments inside the city for which they do not have any monetary gains. It is quite evident from the present state of the so called city called Cochin, where the infrastructure is too pathetic. The Cochin corporation office is another place where one does not wish to visit in his / her life time as we have to bribe heavily in order to get our things done from the side of corporation.
Anyways lets hope that Minister M Vijayakumar keeps his promise so that we can enjoy a good ride through the roads of Kerala.
Showing posts with label bad roads in kerala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad roads in kerala. Show all posts
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Pathetic Roads of Kerala - A Real Woe for Travelers
The roads of Kerala are notorious for its big poth holes since a long time and the poth holes have made a strong comeback this year after the arrival of monsoon rains. Kerala is such a beautiful travel destination and is one of the major tourist destination in India. A large number of travellers flow towards Kerala to view its natural green beauty. It is even hailed as 'God's Own Country', but the roads in Kerala has not yet done any justice to this title.
Every year a lot of money is spend on road maintenance and the roads are tarred every year. But as soon as the rain arrives these tarred roads gets torn apart and great poth holes develop which make the roads look really pathetic and a nightmare for travelers. A lot of major accidents occur every month due to the bad state of the roads in Kerala.
The National Highways are also not spared from the pothhole mania. The NH 47 covering the areas of Ernakulam district are in a real pathetic condition and traveling through these roads really makes one doubtful whether the title "God's Own Country" really fits for Kerala. I enjoyed a smooth journey on the roads in Cochin till June, which is the arrival month for monsoon rains. But since the rain has arrived, traveling on these roads have become a nightmare. The bad state of the roads make it the vehicles to take more time in reaching the destination and as a result I am finding it too difficult to reach my office in time.
When compared with other states, the roads in Kerala are the worst constructed one, with the corrupt politicians and contractors not spending the allotted amount for road maintenance properly. These guys mainly consider road maintenance as a means of filling their pocket and as a result end up in constructing roads with low quality and quantity materials. It is well clear that a big game is played between the politicians and the contractors, making the common man look like fools.
It seems that we need to wait till the month of October - November for the Kerala Government to start thinking of doing some maintenance word for these terrible roads in Kerala.
Every year a lot of money is spend on road maintenance and the roads are tarred every year. But as soon as the rain arrives these tarred roads gets torn apart and great poth holes develop which make the roads look really pathetic and a nightmare for travelers. A lot of major accidents occur every month due to the bad state of the roads in Kerala.
The National Highways are also not spared from the pothhole mania. The NH 47 covering the areas of Ernakulam district are in a real pathetic condition and traveling through these roads really makes one doubtful whether the title "God's Own Country" really fits for Kerala. I enjoyed a smooth journey on the roads in Cochin till June, which is the arrival month for monsoon rains. But since the rain has arrived, traveling on these roads have become a nightmare. The bad state of the roads make it the vehicles to take more time in reaching the destination and as a result I am finding it too difficult to reach my office in time.
When compared with other states, the roads in Kerala are the worst constructed one, with the corrupt politicians and contractors not spending the allotted amount for road maintenance properly. These guys mainly consider road maintenance as a means of filling their pocket and as a result end up in constructing roads with low quality and quantity materials. It is well clear that a big game is played between the politicians and the contractors, making the common man look like fools.
It seems that we need to wait till the month of October - November for the Kerala Government to start thinking of doing some maintenance word for these terrible roads in Kerala.
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