The ₹55,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg, a flagship infrastructure project touted as a symbol of modern connectivity and development, faced severe public criticism after images and videos surfaced showing parts of the expressway submerged in water just 30 days after its inauguration. The flooding raised serious questions about the quality of construction, planning, and drainage systems implemented in the project. For a highway of such financial and strategic scale to falter so soon after opening is not just embarrassing—it highlights deeper systemic issues in infrastructure execution and oversight.
Social media erupted with reactions, with one netizen bluntly stating, “₹55,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway turned into a river just 30 days after its opening,” capturing the collective frustration and disbelief of many. Another user, with biting sarcasm, wrote, “Well that’s not a normal highway, it’s a multipurpose highway. Normal days it’s only a highway but in need of national interest it turns into a river to provide water for areas under severe drought.”
Such comments reflect a growing cynicism among citizens toward large-scale government projects, especially when expectations are not met and public money appears to be wasted.
This incident demands urgent attention from both state authorities and independent agencies to assess what went wrong. Was it poor engineering, a lack of proper environmental study, or negligence in implementing effective drainage systems? Accountability is crucial—not only to restore public trust but also to ensure that such avoidable failures do not plague similar multi-crore projects. If the Samruddhi Expressway is to truly be a symbol of progress, then it must first demonstrate resilience, quality, and transparency—values that seem to have been compromised at launch.
Social media erupted with reactions, with one netizen bluntly stating, “₹55,000 crore Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway turned into a river just 30 days after its opening,” capturing the collective frustration and disbelief of many. Another user, with biting sarcasm, wrote, “Well that’s not a normal highway, it’s a multipurpose highway. Normal days it’s only a highway but in need of national interest it turns into a river to provide water for areas under severe drought.”
Such comments reflect a growing cynicism among citizens toward large-scale government projects, especially when expectations are not met and public money appears to be wasted.
This incident demands urgent attention from both state authorities and independent agencies to assess what went wrong. Was it poor engineering, a lack of proper environmental study, or negligence in implementing effective drainage systems? Accountability is crucial—not only to restore public trust but also to ensure that such avoidable failures do not plague similar multi-crore projects. If the Samruddhi Expressway is to truly be a symbol of progress, then it must first demonstrate resilience, quality, and transparency—values that seem to have been compromised at launch.
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