The potholes on the city's roads went from a mere nuisance to a death trap a couple of days ago, when a biker lost her life after crashing into a crater and being run over by a truck.

Every monsoon we see accidents, some hugely tragic like this one and others involving horrendous injuries. It is time to stop passing the buck and start taking the pothole issue seriously. Citizens and authorities cannot just sit back and claim that this is an inevitable problem that cannot be helped. This incident should push us to redouble our efforts to ensure smoother roads, along with stricter punishment and heavy fines for errant contractors who do shoddy work.