India, Jan. 3 -- Citizens across Mumbai have consistently brought the civic body's attention to the poor quality of roads, which worsen during the monsoons every year and have led to several accidents over the years. With roads being constructed and reworked repeatedly, citizens have flagged the civic body's apathy towards ensuring pothole-free, motorable streets. Resident forums have highlighted the need for effective pothole management instead of temporary patchwork repairs, and have called for an analysis of shoddy roadwork, penal action against those responsible and permanent rectification. They have also pointed to newly built roads being dug up again for multiple utilities. The groups have demanded that future corporators push for durable, well-planned road infra. Reflecting this, the Chandivali Citizens Welfare Association's (CCWA) manifesto states: "Ensure pothole-free, motorable roads; provide utility ducts on roadsides to avoid frequent digging; take steps to prevent waterlogging."...