No matter how many lives are lost on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the authorities just don’t seem to take safety seriously. Just this weekend, 17 people died in a horrific accident on the E-way, but even now, basic safety measures are either not in place or are poorly maintained.

A front-page report in this paper yesterday stated that although the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) has installed Brifen safety ropes at some accident-prone spots, the ropes and poles have come loose due to vehicles ramming into them. In fact, the MSRDC has already started the installation of the safety ropes at other places on the Expressway to reduce the impact of collisions, but they have not bothered to maintain or even inspect the existing ones.