India, July 29 -- "Traffic movement is slow at Vakola Bridge northbound due to pothole," tweeted the Mumbai Traffic Police on Monday. The problem isn't the typo in the tweet, but the refusal of the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) to acknowledge that the flyover is a minefield of craters.

The traffic police have been tweeting on the condition of Mumbai's streets for a while now, aiding commuters with timely updates throughout the day. But the Vakola flyover has been featuring on their social media handle at least once a day, in the last three days.

Running along the Western Express Highway, the flyover is a critical link to the domestic airport from South Mumbai. Two months into the monsoon and it's already pockmar...