Potholes, open manholes turn into death traps on city roads

Thanks to the callousness on part of the authorities, city roads have turned into death traps with deep potholes and open manholes. No political representative or the official concerned is prepared to own the responsibility.

On Sunday, a five-year-old boy had a providential escape after falling in an open manhole. Thanks to some passers-by who noticed him falling in the open and uncovered manhole, he might have got flushed away with the drain water. The entire scene was recorded in CCTV footage in Golden Avenue Colony, Rahon Road, and the video was circulated on social media platforms but hardly any preventive measures have been taken as open/broken manholes were seen on Monday too.

Visit any road in the city, potholes will greet you. As if that was not enough, the Municipal Corporation