While there has been growing focus on the CWG preparedness, I was wondering if anyone watched over the amount of re-work that happens on Infrastructure projects in India. Surely, there is a whole LOT of money down the drain ?
A case in example is a drive down any of the Bangalore Metro building sites - esp the stretch around west-of-chord-road to mysore-road. I've noticed that almost every SINGLE casted pillar has been broken down either for faulty design or build-to-spec. You'll see big monstrous piles of concrete + steel all around the pits. In parallel, you'll also see new round of truss and casting going on.
Was the design spec wrong or was the build quality wrong ?
In either case, we seem to accept shoddy work from all infra projects and then do a post-mortem analysis on where the money went ?
Less said about BBMP's track record the better.
I still hang my head down / cringe while taking the crazy "U" near Cauvery theatre / while driving past the UAS wall that killed a teenager.....
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