Poor condition of Roads in Chennai:

India is one of the fastest developing countries in the world. There are several poor conditioned roads in India, although India is already developed in the field of education, fashion and industrialization there is still certain areas where the country is lagging behind. India has a gigantic road network but it is a home to several bad roads. There is a constant demand for good quality of road network, transportation, and services. It is extremely essential that the roads are well laid and strong enough as it contributes for the economic growth and development of the country. India is a big country with huge population but the problem of road development has still not been addressed properly.The major challenges faced by the roads in India are poor quality of roads and highways, rural areas has bad condition of roads, urban areas has huge roads but not maintained properly, no proper signals in the roads, people tend to break traffic rules. And one of the major reasons for the damage of roads in India is overloading. It is proven that about 70 percept of funds meant to be spent for the maintenance of roads actually goes behind paying laborers. Although building concrete roads is a little expensive but it is beneficial for the country in the long run.Efforts are being taken by the government to develop the road ways and to improve the conditions of the roads. Since India is doing exceptionally good in every field, condition of the road has to be given importance as it is one of the striking underlying facts in the country. Whether it is metropolitans, the cities or any village in India, the poor condition of roads are no new to the country. “Traffic is one of the most common problems in most of the metropolitans today. Cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Kolkata are extremely congested during office hours. This is mainly because of industrialization and the sudden rise in vehicle ownership over the last few years. If India wants to be in tandem with the growing traffic, the government will need to construct around 15,000 km expressways in the next ten years” said a traffic controller in teynampet, Chennai.Some roads were built to link the major highways and some bridges were built for making the travel easy. Government has built huge highways by expanding the width of existing roads which made people convenient to travel from one state to another.Roads near Koyambedu market in Chennai are expected to be re-laid after this monsoon. Already a portion of the road, which provides a shortcut for mofussil buses plying to various destinations from Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus, has been re-laid and opened to traffic bound for Poonamallee high road.India has 53 national highways which connects all the states with each other, but there are still 25% of the village has poor roads is the underlying fact. India has a total of about 2 million kilometers of roads out of which 1 million kilometers of roads in India have poorly constructed. The other problems faced by the Indian roads are the bad riding quality, poor geometrics, and insufficient pavement thickness.The central and state government of India is responsible for the road building and maintenance of roads. The administration of the national highway system is vested with the Ministry of State for Surface transport in India and other state roads are preserved by the state public works departments. As far as the minor roads in the country are concerned they are up kept by the various districts, municipalities, and villages. Although India is home to over fifty national highways the sad state of affairs is that most national highways are just two lanes or even lesser. Apart from being narrow they are also highly congested since a large part of India's freight is carried on these highways. The design of the highways is a matter of great importance since only properly designed highways can withstand the pressure created by heavy vehicles. And as India is a home to large population as well most of the rural areas in India do not have access to all roads during the changing monsoon season. This problem prevails mostly in the Kashmir and other northern part of the country. The government in its 11th five year plan has allotted Rs 100,000 crore for the construction and maintenance of roads in villages. “I think the roads are damaged and the congestion in the roads prevails due to lack of traffic control in the city.  Roads have to be maintained properly and the traffic has to be controlled properly for the development of roadways in India” said a social worker. Currently India's annual expenditure on the road sector is around Rs 20,000 to 30,000 crore. One of the major reasons behind this huge expenditure on maintaining roads is due to the problems of overloading and poor maintenance.