If it is monsoon, it must be potholes, and that is the unfortunate reality in Mumbai. You need a sense of humour and a greater sense of balance to negotiate our pockmarked roads whenever it rains. This paper has been highlighting crater-filled roads and putting authorities on the spot when it comes to answers about potholes and substandard work by contractors.

The pothole cause though, has been hijacked to an extent by political parties who are not giving viable, practical solutions to the pothole problem. Instead, they are using the roads to grab eyeballs and are making impractical, ridiculous calls about why potholes should be fixed, or methods of hauling up errant contractors.