One pothole, located on Girgaum’s SVP road, has had to be patched up five times in the past month alone, yet keeps coming back. A local has taken pictures of the pothole to keep a record of how it is filled time and again, but reappears with frustrating resilience. This newspaper yesterday carried a front-page report on the pothole that just won’t go away. The pictures attest to the number of times it has been patched up, only to fall apart again.

Go beyond the pictures and consider the fact that a local has taken the effort to record the number of times this pothole has frustrated the BMC. It is a barometer of just how angry and frustrated Mumbaikars are with the recurring problem of potholes in the city.