A lot of water has flown under this bridge: The Minto mark on Delhi's history
New Delhi, July 23 -- New Delhi It's Wednesday evening, and the traffic on the two carriageways under Minto Bridge is smooth. A couple of men are sleeping under it on the footpaths, undisturbed by the vehicles going past them -- there's nothing at all to show that this is the place, where, on Sunday, a mini-truck driver drowned in the waterlogged rail underpass. Even earlier in the day, the carriageways were closed for an hour. For almost seven decades, Minto Bridge - a large segmental arch spanning the width of the road - gets flooded during the monsoon, becoming a metaphor for eternal civic apathy....
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