The highway in question is cratered with potholes due to shoddy, cut-rate roadwork that disintegrates at the first sign of inclement weather.

The worst part? There’s a train between those same two cities, but the state of the railways in this country is beyond the pale, ironically because the government is pretending to invest in shiny new roads that…are cratered with potholes and disintegrate at the first sign of inclement weather.

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    14 days ago

    Rail is only about a century old. I didn’t know we had historic stations. More like Mughal-era and British-era holdovers.

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      13 days ago

      British-era stations count as historic too! CST, Chennai Central, etc. These are usually well-designed stone buildings that can last centuries. Instead we demolish them and build glass and steel monstrosities that start leaking and cracking within a year.

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        13 days ago

        That’s what you meant? Got it. Absolutely, messing with aesthetic durable structures is irresponsible on IR’s part.