As Mumbai is in the throes of a late monsoon surge, the problem of craters on roads has reared its ugly head once again. In a now familiar story of woe, motorists and pedestrians — they suffer too — are once again forced to navigate potholes on several Mumbai roads. Many of these, without exaggeration are the size of a huge sink or swim craters. They play havoc with cars and have also resulted in considerable injuries to people’s limbs.

One can understand a sporadic pothole or two, in a city, which is swamped by traffic and heavy vehicles. Several roads are old and simply strain under the pressure of so many vehicles, which have increased manifold over the years.