Infrastructure So Poor, It Keeps Collapsing!

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00:00Another day, another bridge collapsed.

00:02Another newly built road washed away before it could even be ribbon cut.

00:07Another taxpayer-funded disaster.

00:09Another shrug from those in power.

00:11We have done honest takes before on this.

00:13Remember the Sayan flyover with massive craters, Vikrodi Bridge with three lanes for two-way

00:19traffic, Palawa Bridge shutting on the day of its inauguration, and Nanded Road peeling

00:23off with bare hands within a month of opening.

00:26We ask them, and we are asking again, how many lives and how many crores need to go

00:31down the drain before India starts building roads and bridges that last?

00:36Hello, this is Tejas and you're watching honest take on Lokhmad times.

00:39Before we move ahead, our usual request.

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00:46an update.

00:47On July 9th, in Gujarat's Vadodara district, the Gambhira Bridge collapsed around 7.30 in

00:52the morning.

00:53It wasn't a drizzle or a cyclone, just another day in India.

00:56Other vehicles, including trucks and vans, fell straight into the Mahisagar river.

01:01At least 10 people died, 10 were rescued, others are still missing, feared dead.

01:07Locals had been warning authorities for months.

01:09The bridge was visibly crumbling, the base weakening and the cracks telling their story.

01:14But as usual, paperwork was busy collecting dust, tenders were stuck and authorities were

01:19asleep until the bridge wasn't there anymore.

01:22And now, rescue teams, police, divers and politicians for photo ops.

01:27But the dead won't come back and the bridge won't magically rebuild.

01:30Meanwhile, in Rajasthan's Yunjunu, a brand new road built with public money awaiting inauguration,

01:36was washed away by heavy rain on July 6th.

01:38Yes, the road wasn't even inaugurated yet.

01:41The Kartli river swelled after 86mm of rain and the so-called new road was gone in minutes,

01:47washed away along with an electric pole.

01:50Viral videos showed the road crumbling, locals shaking their heads and the officials nowhere

01:55in sight.

01:56No casualties, thankfully.

01:57But what is worse?

01:58A road that collapses under its own weight before use or no one takes lives while standing.

02:04We keep hearing infrastructure is the backbone of the development.

02:07But what kind of backbone collapses every time it rains?

02:11This isn't about Gujarat or Rajasthan alone.

02:13This is about an India where roads are built to break, bridges are built to collapse and

02:18no one is ever held accountable.

02:20We have covered the flyovers that crack, the potholes that kill, the roads that peel off

02:24and now bridges that take lives.

02:27The tender mafia, the contractor politician nexus, the sub-changasi attitude, this is the

02:32real virus destroying India's infrastructure.

02:34The standard response after every collapse is the same.

02:37We will order an enquiry, the contractor will be blacklisted, families will be compensated.

02:43What about punishing the officials who ignored inspection reports?

02:46What about recovering public money from contractors who used sand instead of cement, bitumen mixed

02:52like armrest instead of proper layers?

02:55What about making the engineers, politicians and contractors responsible for every death that

03:00happens due to their negligence?

03:02We pay taxes for roads we can walk on, bridges we can cross safely, not for pothole death traps

03:09and falling concrete coffins.

03:10We vote, we pay, we trust and in return, we get roads that last less than an Instagram reel

03:16and bridges that collapse faster than government promises.

03:19The question is, how long will we accept this?

03:22We at Honest Take will keep showing you the truth.

03:25Not just as stories of tragedy but as calls for accountability.

03:29This is not normal.

03:30We don't deserve to live with the fear that every rain could wash away the roads beneath

03:34us or that bridge could be our last ride.

03:37Until we demand accountability, until we stop clapping at inauguration and start asking about

03:42audits, these stories will continue.

03:45The names will change, the states will change, the hashtags will change.

03:48But the disaster will remain the same.

03:51And one last thing, next time a neta comes to cut a ribbon on a new road or bridge, ask

03:55him,

03:56This was your Honest Take, stay safe, stay aware and demand the infrastructure you pay for.

04:02Thank you, for having us.

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