32-hour jam on Indore-Dewas Road, 3 deaths: 3 die amid medical emergencies as vehicles stuck for hours; heart, cancer patients couldn’t get help in time - Madhya Pradesh News
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A massive 32-hour-long traffic jam on the Indore-Dewas Road turned deadly, claiming lives of three people trapped in bottleneck, including a heart patient and a cancer patient. Over 4,000 vehicles were stranded in an 8-kilometre-long gridlock that began Friday morning. The fatalities highlight the life-threatening consequences of unregulated traffic snarls on this crucial route. | A massive 32-hour-long traffic jam on the Indore-Dewas Road turned deadly, claiming lives of three people trapped in bottleneck, including a heart patient and a cancer patient. Over 4,000 vehicles were stranded in an 8-kilometre-long gridlock that began Friday morning. The fatalities highlight the life-threatening

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.

  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    4 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.

    • Life is Tetris@leminal.spaceEnglish
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      4 days ago

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