We all know story of Akbar and Birbal and Crow. Akbar asked question on how many crows are there in the city. Birbal answered that at present right now it's 300,000.00 crows. Akbar asked him how can you be sure ? Birbal said You my please confirm the same yourself. If count is more or less, eighter crows have migrated in or out of the city.This time Punekar's question was how many potholes are at present found on the citiroads ?Its less than last year . That the precise answer they received. Last year potholes were 300,000.00 sq.feet. This year's potholes are 60,000.00 sq.feet.
I am little bit confused. what's the oveall total. Is it 360,000.00 or 3000,000.00 or 60,000.00 sq.ft. ? ooooooooooooops my maths. Also is there any balance carried forward this year out of last years potholes ? How about pothole that has been filled or claimed to be filled last year ? How do you count potholes ? Do you actully physically go on counting like 1,2,3,4,5............................................300,000 or just take a measurement tape found with Road Contractors and measure the area ? Is there any tender taken out for counting pothole in PUNE ? Its so confusing. You know.
May be Pune Mahanagarpalika and our politicians with lots of promises and assurances should apply UNESCO's Wolrd Heritage Committee to include Roads in Pune with full of Potholes in the List of World Heritage in Danger. We can represent that those pothole are in existence from the era of Adilshahi Rulers and we have never really tried very hard to fill them up. After the roads are placed in the list of World Heritage in Danger, the ASI can formulate management and conservation plan for the site. Reduction in motor traffic could be one of them.
Let us preserve the potholes.
On a serious note , for my injured and painful back just one and only one pothole was enough. more than enough.
My DOCTOR IS HAPPY.
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