The Hindu Business Line : Infrastructure woes

Most Indian metros are in the grip of infrastructure blues. Damaged roads, long-pending construction of flyovers and bad waste-disposal, sewerage and drainage systems are contributing to traffic snarls and piled up garbage, not to mention clogged drains.

The lethargic attitude of the State governments towards public facilities without any thought to the future and to the basic comfort and convenience of the tax-paying citizens is a major contributing factor to this state of things.

Major IT hubs such as Hyderabad and Bangalore are standing examples of these lacunae.

It is time the administration understands that infrastructure, such as roads and bridges and adequate water supply and drainage systems are the country’s physical underpinning, as important as its economic foundations.

To clear the infrastructure bottlenecks, the governments, both at the Centre and States, should have strategic and innovative plans, with clear blueprints of the landscape and road-structure of the metros. With better infrastructure, cities such as Hyderabad and Bangalore have greater chances to beat the competition, even from global cities like New York.

P. Senthil S. Durai Vazhavallan

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