SOME MISERABLE ROADS IN KERALA

In my last blog I mentioned about the miserable condition of roads in Kerala. Then a friend sent me some pictures. I am giving some of these pictures here. 4 pictures on the right show the condition of our roads. Now let us compare these with some pictures of roads in other countries.( 4 pictures on the left).
Now why are our roads in such poor condition? The state government does not want foreign companies to come and build world class roads in Kerala. So the roads have to be constructed/repaired by our state PWD. Lacking infrastructure and probably, expertise, they build roads only as shown in the first figures. Sometime back there was a proposal for the construction of a super highway from north to south. As soon as the proposal was mooted, all sorts of people started crying that the road will divide Kerala into two. Many newspaper articles and editorials later the proposal was discarded. Then every one was happy. So I think that we deserve the kind of roads we have.