potholes

Tagged Discussions

Potholes in the cities of India

Anindita Sengupta @aninditasen (18198) • Raurkela, India 24 Sep

India is reeling with incessant rains since the last week of June 25 with only a few days of Sun shine. The result is road damage with potholes everywhere. The government agencies everywhere are investing crores of rupees to fill...

11 responses •

9 people

January 15, 2020 - What happened that day?

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222280) • United States 15 Jan 20

Humanitarian Day National Pothole Day (UK) 1870 - A political cartoon symbolizing the Democratic party with a donkey is published for the first time. 1889 - The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company,...

democratic party

martin luther king jr

6 responses •

6 people

Roads in Potholes - Monsoon chaos in Mumbai as usual!

Rashna Gandhi @Rashnag (30597) • Surat, India 1 Aug 18

Hi mylotters. As you know I stay in Thane, Maharashtra, India. The roads over here are filled with potholes but not much. Some roads are good indeed. In Mumbai, however, the situation in some areas or I can say in almost all...

3 responses •

3 people

Looking on the bright side

Fleur @Fleura (34957) • United Kingdom 20 Feb 18

I cycled over to the supermarket earlier, mainly to get some chocolate biscuits which Big One is going to turn into chocolate truffles as a fund-raiser for the Girl Guides. Our local road is in rather a bad state, so as I cycled...

6 responses •

6 people

Potholes and Rain

S George @shshiju (10342) • Cochin, India 16 Sep 17

Monsoon is Ended , but we get heavy rain last three days. The situation of our roads are very pathetic. There are many large potholes and riding it in night and rain is very difficult. Motorist make more time to pass...

9 responses •

8 people

Hooray! The sun is finally out and potholes too

Joanie @Freelanzer (10782) • Canada 26 Mar 17

I woke up to the sun today, finally, after a week or more of gloom. Since spring sprung, there were no signs of it. The snow is still piled in many places and melting slowly. The streets are clear but mucky and the boulevards are...

4 responses •

4 people

Crumbling Roads (A Poem)

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 17 Nov 16

Bump, bump, bump, Oh how our roads make us jump. Crumbling asphalt, Big holes of pot. Fix the problem politicians. Don't let our roads rot. Tires flattening, Nerves shattering, This is a national disgrace. Fix our broken...

5 responses •

4 people

Potholes in India claim lives.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23240) 1 Aug 16

In India, during monsoons the roads create havoc. In Delhi, Gurgaon people fell in potholes, got severely injured. Whenever it rains heavily, it takes many lives in India.

1 response

Warm Up Next Week

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 3 Mar 16

Snow will leave us next week. I can't wait for that to happen. We should be having 50 and 60 temperatures. Ah Spring will be in the air. Along with the Spring, the potholes will blossom. Already, there is a giant sinkhole in...

6 responses •

6 people

The Sun was Out

Steve West @zebra2222 (5268) • United States 14 Jan 16

The sun was out today. It didn't last very long, but it was most welcome. It was not as cold, and actually fairly pleasant for January. It won't last long. Meanwhile, the potholes are spreading like wildflowers. They will...

4 responses •

3 people

Do you think that our roads are improving?

ravi_s2025 @ravi_s2025 (510) • India 17 Dec 09

Like 5 years ago the roads here in kerala were pathetic with full of potholes and everything.but now potholes are very less even though the roads are not really smooth.I wonder why do potholes appear only in indian roads ..is it...

8 responses •

2 people

What is with the condition of roads these days?

icequeen123 @icequeen123 (934) 29 Apr 08

I'm not sure how it is round the world, but here in England the state of the roads is getting to be pretty poor. It makes me wonder why we are so happily paying our taxes, when it doesn't seem that they are being spent in areas...

road conditions

3 responses