The Road That Defied Time: How Two Parsi Brothers Built India’s Only Pothole-Free Road—and Paid the Ultimate Price Every monsoon, Indian cities play out a familiar, frustrating script. Billions of rupees of taxpayer money are poured into infrastructure, only for the roads to wash away with the very first shower. Potholes, traffic jams, and broken axles become a daily nightmare. Yet, nestled in the heart of Pune is a 2.5-kilometre engineering anomaly. Jangli Maharaj (JM) Road was built in 1976 and has remained virtually pothole-free for nearly 50 years . This is the incredible true story of Recondo , a Mumbai-based firm run by two visionary Parsi brothers. It is a story of unmatched integrity, pioneering technology, and a chilling revelation of how vendor politics and institutional corruption punish honesty in public infrastructure. The Genesis: A Radical Move to Bypass the System The story began in the early 1970s. Following a devastating drought a...
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