Why Are Our Cities Digging the Same Roads Again and Again? India's cities are struggling to keep pace with the demands of growth as the country's urban population swells.
One glaring symptom of this malaise is the repetitive excavation of roads across the country.
Residents of Delhi, Bengaluru, Mumbai, and other metropolises have grown accustomed to seeing a road open to traffic one day, only to be shut down again for another utility project the next.