Potholes alone can not be blamed for accidents: minister

Maharashtra PWD minister Chandrakant Patil has claimed that pothole-ridden roads can not be entirely blamed for accidents.

The statement came even as five persons have lost their lives due to damaged roads in the Mumbai region in the last two weeks.

Speaking to reporters in Sangli yesterday, Patil said, "When you talk about a death in such an accident, you forget that five lakh other people have travelled on the same road. You can not put the entire blame on the (condition of) roads alone."
Asked about people slamming civic bodies and the state government over the bad roads on social media, Patil said, "People have a habit of changing their opinions constantly. They will like something for a while and soon pass a negative remark (on the same issue)."