Highways to Hell: When Potholes Kill and Ministers Chill
(Why India’s Roads Are Built on Blood, Not Asphalt)
Another life was lost in Mangaluru — a woman biker fell into a pothole and was crushed under a truck. The driver will rot in jail, but the real culprits — the ministers, contractors, and officials responsible for these death traps — will walk free, business as usual. Here’s why India’s road tragedies are not “accidents” but state-sponsored murders:
1. Potholes = murder Weapons, Gift-Wrapped by the System
Every monsoon, the same story: potholes open up, bikers die, families are destroyed. These aren’t “natural tragedies.” They are crimes committed by corrupt contractors and lazy officials who pocket funds instead of fixing roads.
2. Truck drivers Are Soft Targets, Ministers Are Untouchable
The truck driver will spend years behind bars, branded the villain. Meanwhile, the minister signing fat contracts and the babus certifying shoddy roads will sleep peacefully in AC rooms. Justice in india = punishment for the powerless.
3. Gadkari’s Sons Make Millions, Citizens Pay With Blood
While ordinary indians skid into potholes, reports say Gadkari’s family thrives off ethanol factories and fat contracts. Shouldn’t ministers be made to drive their luxury SUVs over the same death-trap roads they’ve created?
4. Heavy vehicles on Broken Roads = Death Sentence for Two-Wheelers
Everyone knows that badly maintained highways are killing zones for bikers. Yet heavy vehicles are allowed to thunder through as if human lives are worthless speed bumps. Restricting them is common sense — but who cares about common lives?
5. Accountability Is a Joke
When was the last time you saw a politician or PWD official jailed for a road death? Exactly. Never. Instead, they cut ribbons, tweet condolences, and move on. No one asks why the roads look like bomb sites.
6. Why Not Charge Officials With Murder?
If a pothole kills someone, why isn’t it treated like homicide? Why shouldn’t the engineer, the PWD chief, or the minister face murder charges? Rules only exist for the common man. For netas and babus, immunity is the only law.
7. India’s Real Roadmap: From Bad Roads to Graveyards
We’re told india is building “world-class infrastructure.” In reality, every pothole is a mass grave dug for bikers and pedestrians. Until the corrupt are punished, the “Highway to Hell” will stay open 24/7.
💥 Bottom Line: Mangaluru’s tragedy isn’t an accident — it’s a verdict on India’s failed governance. Until ministers and officials are held criminally liable, our roads will keep being built with contracts, corruption, and corpses.
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