00:00Dear viewers, have you ever seen engineers run for their lives during a road inspection?
00:06No, watch this bead video.
00:08It's the perfect trailer for the disaster film that is Maharashtra's infrastructure.
00:12A truck flips into a pit, right in front of the people meant to check if the road is safe.
00:18The best part, the road caved in because it wasn't safe, which is why they were inspecting it.
00:23You can't write comedy like this, you can only live it if you live here.
00:27Hello, my name is Tejas and you're watching Lokmat Times.
00:31Today, we discuss the bead road cave-in that overturned a truck while engineers watched.
00:37But before we begin, do subscribe if you haven't and hit the bell icon.
00:41July 9th, 2025, Kharki Village, Bead District.
00:45Locals had been complaining for months about a bridge under construction and a road so bad you could lose a limb crossing it.
00:52Students, farmers, parents, they all wanted an alternative route.
00:56Nobody listened.
00:58Engineers finally showed up for an inspection.
01:01Clipboard in hand, a few selfies, some serious nodding at the cracked ground.
01:05But the ground had other plans.
01:08A truck tried crossing that death patch and the road gave up.
01:12It caved in, the truck toppled and the engineers and villagers jumped into the pit to save themselves.
01:18Caught on camera, shared, watched, laughed at, then conveniently forgotten.
01:24You think it's a one-off?
01:25Let's rewind.
01:26In the past few days, we have covered big craters on the Sion flyover in Mumbai, the unplanned three-lane Vikrohi flyover for two-way traffic,
01:34that 90-degree turn flyover in Bhopal, a flyover to nowhere in Lucknow, the Pune bridge collapse that killed four, the Gujarat bridge collapse that killed ten.
01:43We covered them all.
01:44We shouted about them all.
01:46And here we are again.
01:47Another truck down, another road cracked, another shrug from the authorities.
01:51The script is always the same.
01:54Locals complain, authorities ignore, disaster strikes, politicians arrive for photos, promises are made, nothing changes.
02:02Wash, rinse, repeat.
02:04Back to Bede.
02:04The truck wasn't speeding.
02:06It wasn't overloaded.
02:07It was simply trying to cross a road too weak to hold it.
02:11The ground caved in, the truck flipped, and people ran.
02:14Luckily, no one died.
02:15But imagine a bullock cart, a biker, or a school kid crossing that spot when the ground collapsed.
02:21Local had warned them.
02:23They had asked for an alternative route while the bridge was under construction.
02:26But that would require planning.
02:29Maybe spending a little more to save lives.
02:32Too much to ask, right?
02:34And you have to love the engineers in these situations.
02:37They arrive, tap the ground, take notes, promise to assess, then the ground collapses.
02:42If inspection alone fixed roads, Maharashtra would have roads smoother than Dubai.
02:47Contractors cut corners.
02:49Authorities act only when a video goes viral and they are forced into damage control.
02:54Everyone moves on until the next death.
02:57That's why road crack like biscuits in rain.
02:59Why bridges collapse days after inauguration.
03:02Why potholes kill.
03:04The government's response is always the same.
03:06We will take action.
03:08We will investigate.
03:09We will blacklist contractors.
03:11We will form a committee.
03:12Committees don't fix roads.
03:14They just wait for people to forget.
03:16And let's be clear.
03:17This isn't just about roads and bridges.
03:19It's about choking people's lives.
03:21Farmers can't get their produce to markets.
03:24Kids skip school during monsoon because roads flood.
03:28Medical emergencies turn fatal when an ambulance can't cross a collapsed patch.
03:32Every small road collapse pushes families into debt, delays harvest and sometimes takes lives.
03:39And no one calculates that in government files.
03:41The Bede video went viral forcing temporary action.
03:45But soon the system will go back to ignoring these roads.
03:49Today it's Bede.
03:50Yesterday it was Pune.
03:51Tomorrow it could be your city.
03:53Your street.
03:54Your family.
03:55Because the system that lets a road collapse under a truck in Bede is the same one that builds your flyovers and your highways.
04:02Don't wait until you are the one taking that viral video.
04:06This was the bridge incident in Bede.
04:08Another chapter in Maharashtra's saga of crumbling roads, collapsing bridges and empty promises.
04:14Don't let them tell you it's nobody's fault.
04:16It is someone's fault.
04:18And we will keep calling them out until they fix it.
04:21This was your honest take with me Tejas.
04:24Until next time, stay sharp, stay curious and never stop asking tough questions.
