Infrastructure So Poor, It Keeps Collapsing!-

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00:00Another day, another bridge collapsed. Another newly built road washed away before it could

00:05even be ribbon cut. Another taxpayer-funded disaster. Another shrug from those in power.

00:11We have done honest takes before on this. Remember the Sayan flyover with massive craters,

00:16Vikrodi Bridge with three lanes for two-way traffic, Palawa Bridge shutting on the day of

00:21its inauguration and Nanded Road peeling off 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 down the drain

00:32before India starts building roads and bridges that last? Hello, this is Tejas and you're watching

00:38Honest Take on Lokhmad Times. Before we move ahead, our usual request. Please do subscribe to our

00:42channel if you haven't already and press the bell icon to never miss an update. On July 9th,

00:47in Gujarat's Vadodara district, the Gambhira Bridge collapsed around 7.30 in the morning.

00:52It wasn't a drizzle or a cyclone, just another day in India. Four vehicles including trucks and vans

00:58fell straight into the Mahisagar river. At least 10 people died. 10 were rescued. Others are still

01:04missing, feared dead. Locals had been warning authorities for months. The bridge was visibly

01:09crumbling, the base weakening and the cracks telling their story. But as usual, paperwork was busy

01:15collecting dust, tenders were stuck and authorities were asleep until the bridge wasn't there anymore.

01:21And now, rescue teams, police, divers and politicians for photo ops.

01:25But the dead won't come back and the bridge won't magically rebuild.

01:29Meanwhile, in Rajasthan, Junjunu, a brand new road built with public money awaiting inauguration

01:35was washed away by heavy rain on July 6th. Yes, the road wasn't even inaugurated yet.

01:40Descartes River swelled after 86mm of rain and the so-called new road was gone in minutes,

01:46washed away along with an electric pole. Viral videos showed the road crumbling,

01:51locals shaking their heads and the officials nowhere in sight. No casualties, thankfully. But

01:56what is worse? A road that collapses under its own weight before use or no one takes lives while

02:02standing. We keep hearing infrastructure is the backbone of the development. But what kind of

02:07backbone collapses every time it rains? This isn't about Gujarat or Rajasthan alone. This is about an

02:13India where roads are built to break, bridges are built to collapse and no one is ever held

02:18accountable. We have covered the flyovers that crack, the port poles that kill, the roads that

02:22peel off and now bridges that take lives. The tender mafia, the contractor politician nexus,

02:28the sub-changasi attitude. This is the real virus destroying India's infrastructure. The standard

02:34response after every collapse is the same. We will order an enquiry. The contractor will be blacklisted,

02:39families will be compensated. What about punishing the officials who ignored inspection reports?

02:45What about recovering public money from contractors who used

02:48sand instead of cement, bitumen mixed like ambras instead of proper layers?

02:53What about making the engineers, politicians and contractors responsible for every death

02:59that happens due to their negligence? We pay taxes for roads we can walk on, bridges we can cross safely,

03:06not for pothole death traps and falling concrete coffins. We vote, we pay, we trust and in return,

03:12we get roads that last less than an Instagram reel and bridges that collapse faster than government

03:17promises. The question is, how long will we accept this? We at honest stake will keep showing you the

03:23truth. Not just as stories of tragedy but as calls for accountability. This is not normal. We don't

03:30deserve to live with the fear that every rain could wash away the roads beneath us or that bridge could be our

03:35last ride. Until we demand accountability, until we stop clapping at inauguration and start asking about

03:41audits, these stories will continue. The names will change, the states will change, the hashtags will

03:47change. But the disaster will remain the same. And one last thing, next time a neta comes to cut a ribbon

03:53on a new road or bridge, ask him,

03:55How many days will it go? This was your honest take. Stay safe, stay aware and demand the infrastructure you pay for. Thank you.

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