Re: Innocent young techie stuck in car, loses her life at a flooded underpass in Bangalore While there is likely an incorrect judgement on the part of the driver, that's how human brain works. He might have gone through several water logged roads, and might have made an incorrect judgement of the level or the speed at which water is rising; which is very difficult. Read this as confirmation bias.
Roads get water logged, even if it is by a few inches very very often in Bangalore, even with 15min of rain. We are not talking about under passes or pocket roads, but arterial roads and highways. If you wait for a fully visible road, you are probably taking a higher risk of water level rising further. Road/manholes caving-in in the middle of the road are very common in Bangalore, and anyone who is taking even road with an inch of water, is at a risk of running into such traps. There are often deep gutters on the side of the road that are traps too.
The problem the city is facing is complete lack of accountability. In my locality, roads were renewed last year with manholes dangerously jutting out of the road by 5-6 inches! A friends Ertiga had to get its body panel under the left door replaced as the man holes tore it. That manhole had to be at least 8 inches from the road! Many of these manholes are now settled mostly at the level of the road; talk about quality! Just these manholes that dot even arterial roads like HAL Airport - Varthur Road are just enough examples for me to say that the system has failed to ensure safety and life of consumers. |