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BBMP does it again!! - Humps on Flyover
Written By srinidhi - 27 July, 2011
Bangalore Mysore Road Citizen Reports Transportation Infrastructure Flyovers and underpasses flyovers hump
Bangalore has the dubious distinction of some of the worst implementations in infrastruacture..
- Only city to have traffic signal in the middle of a flyover
- Most flyovers have more traffic below than on the flyover
- U-turn on a signal free road
- Build underpasses without a need or a traffic study
The list is way too big..but adding to this list is one more change that BBMP has done..this is having..
- 6 Humps on a single stretch of a flyover
This has been done on the mysore road flyover..initially when L&T implemented the project, one of the best implementations should say, they had joints at regular intervals with a rubber joint..
This was more to take care of the seasonal expansions and shrinkages and also to drain water..this was working well for many years and as all projects would need maintenance..this rubber joints also needed replacement..
lo..here enters our awesome 'engineers'..in order to save money on the maintenance contracts they started asphalting the joints..this would regularly give way because of the rubber below and they would patch it up again..
Now after all experiments..they have done the ultimate..they have put humps on these joints..6 of them each way..its a complete implementation with zeebra stripes and all..see below!
One other mistake they did with this was the timing..monsoon is a very bad time for road works..think Siddiah knows this very well..but they still did
Now traffic slows down hopelessly on this flyover just because of these dumb humps..and some of these humps have already lost shape due to the original rubber base below..
All in all they have achieved another feat in proving that BBMP can do innovations which can get into record books..albeit they proven as disaster!!
COMMENTS
Will the authorities take any action this one!!!
ravi.megharaj - 13 November, 2011 - 17:38
I am a regular traveller on this road and it is absolute nightmare riding on a two wheeler. There are more than 6 humps on either sideof the road. There is a hump every 100 meters. This will lead to slowing down of vehicles and as it is the traffic is heavy during mornings and evenings.
Also the whole road has to be asphalted. There is no maintance watsoever.
The plants pots have also been removed now on the divider....absolute shit...
We tax payers have got used to 'Adjust Madi' mode...
Its high time we have to revolt against the daylight criminals who take money and dont do there jobs.
Adding to this is road widening between floover end to tollgate bus stop..it is just about 300 meters streach and work is continuing since past 1.5 years...
Really frustrating!!!
srinidhi - 14 November, 2011 - 07:58
after the recent rains..most of the humps had come off, making the ride on this flyover a horrible experience especially for two wheelers..as ravi mentions above..
now they have patched up the humps again..oblivious to the fact that it will not stay intact because its been laid on a moving rubber base..
SO this is where the 12 crores is being used..that is a small fraction of it!!
The agenda from BBMP is to never go for any permanent solutions..the more temporary it is..the better it is to swindle money on the pretext of it!!
Sad to hear these "news".
Obviously there is a systemic problem with infrastructure maintenance in Bangalore.
I was thinking of suggesting a Google map with pointers to these locations to be fixed, but that would demand people and organizations actually being *capable* of fixing them. That seems to be the primary issue.
This only adds to my dislike of flyovers as a "solution" to urban transport problems. 3D cities is the right way to go, but not with last century technology, nor mindset.
What India needs is a full sold-as-service approach, where the original maker of the infra is also the one taking care of the maintenance, at its own cost (included in the whole bid for make the stuff). Indian companies *are* good in management and cost reduction. This simply must be extended to the infra building (and maintenance) and not only mobile phones, IT etc. intangible things.
Inpatient to get seed funding to my company. We would be doing exactly the above. :)
ravi.megharaj - 14 November, 2011 - 12:01
How does discussing these issue solve the problems?? Is Praja.in influential enough to penetrate this to the concerned authorities or are we just putting out our frustration into this site..pardon my language..Im new to this portal and was curious if there will really be any action after these series of discusssions / ideas from citizens?
Pedestrian safety Saleem’s priority
kbsyed61 - 6 September, 2011 - 04:35
“In an effort to make pedestrians feel safe and secure, greater efforts will be directed towards evolving a pedestrian-friendly traffic system,” he added. Illegal humps will be converted into high rise pedestrian crossings after holding due consultations with the BBMP, said Saleem, the new ACP (Traffic and Security).
Source - Deccan Herald
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