Are We Building Infrastructure for Tomorrow or Simply Repairing Yesterday's Mistakes?

Jaasvir Ahluwalia, Director, Genesis Infra Project Consultant

India is building at a pace it has never witnessed before. Expressways, bridges, tunnels, metro corridors, airports, and smart cities are reshaping the nation's future. Every new project reflects ambition, investment, and engineering capability.

Yet every monsoon tells another story. Freshly laid roads develop potholes, bridge approaches settle, water stagnates on carriageways, emergency repairs disrupt traffic, and public money is spent repeatedly on assets that were expected to last for decades.

The obvious question is seldom asked: “Is the problem a lack of engineering knowledge, or are we accepting a system that rewards short-term success over long-term performance?”

India has no shortage of competent engineers. Our institutions, consultants, and contractors have demonstrated their ability to execute projects of global standards. But too often, durability is sacrificed for speed, the lowest cost becomes the dominant deciding factor, maintenance begins only after failure, and innovation struggles to navigate procedural approvals.

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