Mumbai roads: to drive or to die? What should happen when a bad road kills?

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Monsoon 2026 around Mumbai: TDRF jawan Vikas Gore, 31, died after his motorcycle hit a pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik highway at Shahapur on 3 Aug 2026, leaving two baby daughters; Sunita Pal, 46, was crushed by a truck after her scooter skidded in a pothole on the Thane-Bhiwandi road the same week. BMC's road concretisation project costs about ₹17,000 crore (576 of 700 km done by July 2026), and its 2026-27 budget gives ₹6,875 crore to roads and traffic. In October 2025 the Bombay High Court fixed ₹6 lakh compensation for every pothole death and said contractors and officers must be held accountable. Police charge-sheeted 65 people in Mumbai's ₹350-crore road scam (less material, fake bills), and in May 2026 the Watchdog Foundation complained of substandard material in new concrete roads.

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Criminal case on the contractor33% · 6
Officials pay from their own pocket33% · 6
Blacklist firms, recover the money6% · 1
Live public audit of every road11% · 2
Riders must be careful too17% · 3

33% of 18 voters think “Criminal case on the contractor” — currently the leading view.

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TV9 Marathi (4 Aug 2026): family of TDRF jawan Vikas Gore, killed by a pothole on the Mumbai-Nashik highway▶ Watch▶

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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
Builds and repairs Mumbai's roads
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T
Thane Municipal Corporation
Roads in Thane city
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M
Maharashtra PWD
State roads and highways in Maharashtra
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NHAI
National highways incl. Mumbai-Nashik
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Bombay High Court
Hears the pothole deaths case
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