Rains expose the glaring engineering lapses of Porvorim Flyover

Trouble for the ₹600-crore plus Porvorim flyover doesn’t seem to end. Just moments of rain yesterday were enough to trigger massive water logging right at the start of the newly opened corridor. Motorists faced severe inconvenience as water pooled with nowhere to go, laying bare glaring gaps in the project’s engineering. With no pre-planned drainage or water escape routes built into the design, authorities were forced into a temporary solution—smashing through newly installed concrete barriers just to let the trapped water drain out. Commuters and activists are now questioning how such a high-profile project could miss basic drainage planning, as public anger mounts over the handling of the infrastructure