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The physics behind potholes – and how to solve the problem
Shirish B Patel
· Aug 16, 2024 · 09:00 am
Lucknow: Car dangles perilously on the edge of huge sinkhole as part of road caves in
Scroll Staff
· Mar 03, 2024 · 05:10 pm
Watch: Boulders rolling down hillside halt traffic movement on Jammu and Kashmir National Highway
Scroll Staff
· Dec 11, 2023 · 03:06 pm
Himachal’s four-lane highways to hell
Vaishnavi Rathore
· Sep 13, 2023 · 09:00 am
Watch: Commuters wade through waterlogged roads in Delhi and Gurgaon
Scroll Staff
· Aug 19, 2023 · 08:13 pm
Watch: Cracks and pits appear on a section of the National Highway in Badrinath, Uttarakhand
Scroll Staff
· Aug 18, 2023 · 12:42 pm
Watch: Man sleeps on camp bed set in water-filled pothole in Eluru, AP to demand immediate repairs
Scroll Staff
· Jul 24, 2023 · 09:32 am
Caught on camera: The moment when a road collapsed to form a sinkhole
Scroll Staff
· Jun 18, 2023 · 11:37 am
‘Carpet or road?’: Watch the freshly laid surface of a Maharashtra highway being peeled off
Scroll Staff
· May 31, 2023 · 03:47 pm
Watch: This massive sinkhole on a Lucknow road has led to traffic diversions
Scroll Staff
· Nov 28, 2022 · 02:26 pm
Watch: Man scoops out surface of newly built road with bare hands to show its poor quality
Scroll Staff
· Nov 14, 2022 · 03:31 pm
Watch: As UP government officials’ convoy passes, e-rickshaw overturns and falls in huge pothole
Scroll Staff
· Oct 11, 2022 · 10:24 am
Watch: Rickshaw overturns seconds after commuter talks about accidents due to potholes on the road
Scroll Staff
· Sep 15, 2022 · 10:47 am
Watch: Road collapses into canal under torrential rain in Kerala’s Wayanad district
Scroll Staff
· Sep 06, 2022 · 10:24 am
Watch: Fifty-metre segment of Chandigarh-Shimla highway collapses near Solan, posing traffic danger
Scroll Staff
· Aug 12, 2022 · 02:13 pm
Watch: This is the plight of commuters on National Highway 37 in Assam
Scroll Staff
· Aug 07, 2022 · 12:51 pm
Watch: Man posing as Yama, Hindu god of death, joins Bengaluru residents to protest against potholes
Scroll Staff
· Jul 25, 2022 · 01:15 pm
Caught on camera: Woman saves booth worker after truck hits toll booth and tips over in Dehradun
Scroll Staff
· Jul 25, 2022 · 12:48 pm
Watch: Sinkhole swallow a van in Morris Park, New York City
Scroll Staff
· Jul 19, 2022 · 04:57 pm
Ahmedabad: Watch the dramatic moment when a portion of a newly-built road caved in due to rain
Scroll Staff
· Jul 18, 2022 · 11:19 am
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