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One More From Me
by Raja Subramanian on Sep 09, 2007 11:45 PM

Only a moronic organization like HUDA could plan such disasters. In Hyderbad there is a saying called "thook polish" (where one polishes his shoes using spittle), and all the bridges which were planned or constructed there were nothing but thook polish.

(01) I hate saying this - the archaic Begumpet flyover could be the next one. The structure is made of concrete, but if you stood on the bridge at any given time, it off late swings like a suspension bridge. I'm in the construction industry where it is common knowledge that concrete cannot handle much tensile stresses. This will result in a sudden disaster.

(02) All the new flyovers that are being built are of extremely poor quality in construction, and no surprises if this happens elsewhere.

(03) Not even one of the new flyovers is built straight. Good examples are the Sanathnagar and Moula Ali flyover. The roads change shape frequently (the cracks change so often), and the only thing they do to maintain is patch it up with tar when what needs to be examined is the structure itself.

Finally, not one of the bridges being built in Hyderabad take into consideration future volume of traffic - it looks like they won't even withstand extra traffic that builds up over one year. The proof lies in the fact that traffic is always stalled on flyovers - whereas flyovers were designed to ease traffic! This chalta hai attitude is a sureshot recipe for future disasters. The guilty and the corrupt should be severely taken to tas

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Flyover collapse in Hyd'bad