> Work 10-12 hours daily
> Pay 30% tax on salary
> Pay 30–50% tax to buy car
> Pay tax on car insurance
> Pay road tax
> Pay tax on ethanol-blended fuel
After paying all this, cars worth lakhs are floating in sewage, gutter water.
Now will pay ₹15–20k in repairs. Shameful !
Genuine question:
Why can't Indian highways be smooth? They always feel uneven, bumpy, undulating. Even on flyovers along NHs, you can feel every expansion joint under your car. Many times, the car hits a sudden vertical bump out of nowhere, usually at the beginning of a flyover, and the impact is so hard that the wipers come on.
Is it due to soil conditions, lack of technology, engineering constraints, or simply corruption?
Sarthak Goswami has brilliantly exposed how Ethanol production is ruining a beautiful city.
He went to Byrnihat to investigate why a city with less than one lakh people is more polluted than Delhi, Ghaziabad & Lahore.
The reason? There are more than 80 factories in a small area, that are constantly pumping dust particles in the air.
The worst part is that these factories are producing Ethanol, the same product that is being sold as a solution to pollution.
I hope Gadkari can explain this without calling Sarthak a traitor.
Maruti launched an E85-powered WagonR, but the price tag makes absolutely no sense. It costs ₹85,000 more than the regular (E20) version.
Why would anyone pay a premium upfront just to get higher daily running costs?
When you pay extra for an EV or a CNG car, it is a smart move because the fuel is cheap and you save money in the long run. The E85 WagonR does the exact opposite:
E85 fuel looks great at the pump because it is roughly ₹20 cheaper per L than regular petrol. But then, ethanol has less energy than petrol, causing the car's mileage to drop by a massive 30% to 40%.
Because the mileage drops so drastically, you end up burning way more fuel just to travel the same distance. The fuel discount is instantly wiped out, leaving you with a higher daily driving bill than a standard petrol car.
So, who is this actually for? No buyer is going to hand over an extra ₹85,000 just to get terrible mileage, spend more money every single week, and deal with the massive headache of hunting down rare E85 fuel stations in India.
One of the biggest scams in India is allotting centres of competitive exams in other states or 400–800 km away.
Why can’t exam centres be allotted within the same state or city as the aspirants?
Delhi: Post-apocalyptic scenes, scooty stranded, truck broken, mini trucks struggling for any passable road, some taking chances with water.
It’s not like we don’t have money or tech for better roads, but corruption thrives on the make-break-long wait-repeat cycle, it’s profitable for everyone involved. Meanwhile, people suffer because roads aren’t an election issue for the masses.
First-world taxes, third-world infra.