Come monsoon; welcome potholes, on every road one can experience a nice humpty, dumpty monsoon ride. Until the eighties, condition of the roads was not that bad but now with first shower of monsoon; the condition of the roads change. Calangute, Saligao, Parra, Mapusa roads were pothole-free for a long time. It is not the same story today, and there could be number of reasons. Roads are not smooth; uneven surfaces, roads dug up for laying cables, pipelines, water connection, and so on, in some places no proper slope is maintained on the surface of the road for the water to flow freely, water remains on the road and wherever it is weak, water seeps through and makes way for potholes. A proper drainage system also is necessary and must be maintained regularly. Potholes increase during monsoon and one reason could be the quality of hot mixing, the hot mix is dumped on top of the original base which does not grip the old surface, and also increases the height of the road and wherever it is weak makes way for potholes; it is better if the old base is scraped before hot mixing.
