CAUTION: Drive carefully, potholes ahead!

Evelyn Siqueira

When Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon over 50 years ago, this month, we're guessing the sight that greeted him likely looked .. very much like Panjim, the 'pothole' capital of Goa, these days...
The pothole-ridden road in front of the Campal bus stop.
One of the pothole-ridden roads in the 'posh' Patto Plaza locality. The sight is anything, but posh.
With all those mud-filled pools of water, the road in front of the Mala petrol pump hardly resembles a road at this time of year.
This road near the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) Complex is beginning to resemble an obstacle course, thanks to all those potholes.
If the road continues to look like this, Patto Plaza may soon have to be re-named 'Pothole Plaza'.
The road in Mala is in bad shape after being battered by the monsoons.
The road in Campal has become pretty unsafe for traffic.
A 'speed-breaker' of sorts in Altinho.
Off the 'beaten' track? Yet another battered road behind the Pharmacy College.
This huge hole in the road doesn't do any favours for the picturesque image of Panjim's Rua de Ourem.
More potholes in front of Kala Academy, Campal.
Dents in the road near the Military Hospital in Campal.

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