Mysore/Mysuru, July 4 -- Life insurance, vehicle insurance, health insurance and insurance for expensive electronic items are common. But what about insurance for roads? Not a private road but public asphalted road? Sounds weird but true. Even the roads we travel on every day can be insured.

Cab driver Vasu (see pic) has gone a step ahead in insurance and has done an insurance policy for the street where his house is located.

A resident of Fifth Cross, CFTRI Layout, Bogadi Second Stage in city, Vasu said, "Some time ago while returning home, I thought why I can't insure my street? Immediately, I contacted a few insurance companies. After some efforts, I was able to get 'No Objection Certificate (NOC)' from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) ...