India's Infrastructure Boom: Built to Show, Not Built to Last?

印度基建大扩张：只为面子工程，质量难以长久？

India has witnessed an unprecedented infrastructure boom over the past decade, with new expressways, bridges, tunnels, airports and mega projects transforming the country's landscape.

But alongside the impressive inaugurations and glossy visuals is a troubling pattern: collapsing bridges, cracked highways, design blunders, rushed construction and a striking lack of accountability.

过去十年，印度掀起前所未有的基建建设热潮，新建多条高速、桥梁、隧道与机场，各类大型工程大幅改变了国内面貌。

然而在一场场盛大落成仪式、光鲜亮眼的工程外表之下，暴露了一系列棘手问题：桥梁坍塌、公路开裂、设计漏洞、仓促赶工，相关责任人也极少被追责。

以下是印度网友的评论：

किसकाविकास
the race to viksit bharat is between two strong contenders - Incompetence vs Corruption

印度打造发达强国之路，本质就是两大难题在较劲：办事能力不足、到处贪污腐败

 

noHmmm
No they both join hands

哪是互相较劲，这俩问题还沆瀣一气、叠加在一起

 

itendraPoochhwale
Was there RamRajya in congress time time?
Do you know what capacity of infrastructure was during congress time?
Nitin Gadkari is doing a great job without corruption
Do you know National Highway scam during the congress time.?
Gold coins were given to ministers and officer as bribe

国大党执政时期哪有什么理想善治？

你们清楚国大党掌权时基建有多落后吗？

尼廷·加德卡里干事踏实，没有贪腐问题。

还记得国大党时期的国道贪腐案吗？

当年官员收受贿赂，礼品直接是金币。

 

never4ever386
But my india is a superpower saaarrr.

可网上总有人吹，我们印度已经是超级大国啦。

 

rajasimhakopay4546
Viksit Bharat can happen only if & when few thousands become Aatma Nirbhars , which is never going to happen anytime soon

想实现印度发达强国目标，得有成千上万行业实现自给自主，但短期根本做不到。

 

ukuk179
Nothing on airports that are no longer operated

那些建好却闲置停用的机场，从来没人出来解释。

 

uditbasumatary7145
Some one said the same thing to china. It's a long term investment not short term when fta will be broader then it will benefit the non functional airport.

以前也有人拿这套话评价中国基建。基建是长期投资，不能只看短期收益。等未来自贸协定范围扩大，这些闲置机场早晚能发挥作用。

FallenLeavesReturnToRoots
@uditbasumatary7145 which airport in China is not functional ?

中国哪座机场长期闲置不用？你举个例子。

 

 

nitpro
Just 2 months back a Flyover was constructed at Rakshak Chowk here in Pune. First rain already it has pot holes and fixng has started. Just a small example of ground reality. Big projects don't even ask....

浦纳拉克沙克路口，两个月前刚修好一座立交桥。第一场大雨过后路面就坑坑洼洼，现在已经开始修补。这只是基层真实情况的缩影，大型工程的质量问题更不用多说。

 

srinivasrao369
Yes bro thanks for highlighting I live at Pimple Saudagar use it daily
Bad quality build

说得太对了，我就住在平普索达加尔，每天都走这座桥，施工质量差得离谱。

kdblr
@srinivasrao369 and then go and vote for Modi?

亲眼看见这种劣质工程，你们还会投票支持莫迪？

hemantng
@kdblr LOcal roads are not made by Modi, they are built by local government (municipali corporation). Why no questions to them ?

这种市内道路不归莫迪负责，是市政局修建的，怎么不去问责地方政府？

kdblr
@hemantng who says no questions to them? Have you heard of whitefield rising?
But the difference is that they don’t land up for every road and bridge inauguration and wave to imaginary crowds with Godi media applauding wah wah.

 谁说不追究地方？怀特菲尔德当地民众早就维*抗议了。

但区别在于，地方官员不会每条道路、每座桥梁落成都出席剪彩，对着空无一人的群众挥手，再由亲政府媒体大肆吹捧。

JitendraPoochhwale
@kdblr Congress had 100+scam and no good infrastructure
We vote for patriotism and hindutva
Why don't any Kashmiri Muslim vote to bjp?
Nitin Gadkari has done a Great job
Wear and tear happens in all around the world

 国大党当年爆出上百起贪腐案，基建还一塌糊涂。

我们投票是出于爱国与印度教理念。

克什米尔msl没人投人民党，这也是事实。

加德卡里的基建工作做得非常出色。

道路桥梁损耗老化，全世界任何国家都会出现。

kdblr
@JitendraPoochhwale this is not wear and tear. These are not 50-60 yr old bridges collapsing, built by Nehru. They are bridges built and inaugurated by Modi. This is gross negligence and corruption.
Scams? Should we even list the scams that are running in parallel, indulged in by the BJP. Including the washing machine it has installed to cleanse even corrupt opposition politicians.
What happened to the 2G scam. The judgement came out under Modi’s watch. All accused were acquitted and the court observed that the story of the scam itself was a scam. An exaggeration. Those were the words.
But the Ram Mandir and Ethanol scam are real. Your own leaders admit that. Touché

这根本不是正常损耗。坍塌的不是尼赫鲁时代五六十年的老桥，全是莫迪政府主持修建、剪彩完工的新桥，纯粹是监管失职、贪污造成的。
贪腐案件？人民党旗下的各类丑闻我都能一条条列出来，甚至还专门洗白涉贪的反对派政客。

再说2G频谱贪腐案，案子在莫迪任期内宣判，所有被告全部无罪释放，法院直接认定所谓贪腐案本身就是夸大捏造的。

可罗摩神庙、乙醇产业的贪腐是实锤，你们党内高层自己都承认，这下无话可说了吧。

Çarvaak
@hemantngThen why problems all over the country? Why do they campaign double engine, triple engine sarkaar? When it's a matter of accountability then conveniently separate the engines?

既然全国到处都是基建质量问题，政府天天宣传中央邦府双执政、多层联合治理。一出事要追责，就立马把中央和地方责任切割开？

nitpro
@hemantngThen why are they taking votes in his name?.... Even in their birthday wishes his photo is there.

地方竞选拉选票全打着莫迪的旗号，就连祝福海报都印着他的照片，出问题却撇清关系？

 

blankjohnson6934
This quality of reporting is rare now.

如今很少能看到这么客观真实的报道了。

 

akhtarpathan1778
25% for netaj and babuj, 25% of the main contractor, 25% sub contractor, you left with 25 rs out of 100rs sanctioned project to build

一百块基建拨款，政客官员拿走25%，总包商私吞25%，分包商再扣25%，最后只剩25块钱用来真正施工。

 

haridasshenoy8334
That's the unstated formula

这就是行业内心照不宣的分赃规则。

 

AnupKokachi
15 years of prepaid road tax and this is what we get.

我们提前交了十五年道路税费，换来的却是这种劣质工程。

 

acrispy0304
So the slogan for this country is "INCREDIBLE INDIA" - Two factors for all these problems. Fake Engineering Degree, second corruption.

印度宣传口号是不可思议的印度，可所有基建乱象根源就两点：大量工程师持造假文凭，再加上无处不在的贪腐。

 

sandeepraghunathan1331
I live in switzerland and we have pretty good infrastructure but you need to see the amount of maintenance that goes in. Its constant and irritates people because it closes roads partially etc, but this is what you need to keep things up to shape and on the mountains you can double/triple the effort. Building infrastructure is probably about 50% of effort, the other 50% is planning, designing, maintenance, boring stuff that takes time but has to be done.

我定居瑞士，当地基建质量很好，但日常养护工程量极大。道路经常半幅封闭维修，民众虽然抱怨，但只有持续养护才能维持设施完好。山区养护投入更是平原的两三倍。基建建设只占一半工作量，剩下一半全靠规划、精细设计、长期维护，这些繁琐工作缺一不可。

 

rvr552
The reconstruction of a single bridge across a railway line: not completed AFTER 3 YEARS of work causing incessant, daily traffic jams: Pune, bridge connecting Koregaon Park to Queen's Garden.

浦纳一座跨铁路桥梁重建工程，拖了整整三年还没完工，科雷冈公园至女王花园路段天天严重堵车。

 

stanalvares6888
Was invited to the innaugration of a footpath renovation project in 2024. It had already been done once about a year back. As the JCBs tend to knock of power cables, asked the MLA, who would be the official in charge? Was duly introduced to the BMC engineer present there who coolly told me that he wouldnt be present always and introduced me to the contractor for further followup. Thats infrastructure growth for us.

2024年我受邀参加人行道翻新落成仪式，这条路一年前才刚翻新过一次。施工挖掘机经常挖断电缆，我问议员谁全权负责监管，对方给我介绍市政工程师。工程师却淡定表示自己不会全程盯工，后续有事直接找施工方。这就是我们所谓的基建发展。

 

prakashudyavar9811
The problem is, scarce money from the South/richer states are being given to Bihar and UP. So, they're getting easy money, which means corruption will increase, while the South is starved of funds. The GST allocation method should change. Richer States should get back at least 50% of their collections.

财政分配存在巨大漏洞，南部富裕邦上缴的税款大量拨给比哈尔、北方邦。资金来得容易，贪腐就会泛滥，南方各邦反而基建资金短缺。商品服务税分配规则必须调整，富裕邦至少要留存五成自身税收。

 

 

faisal163
FOR SYNDICATE:
JUDGES POLITICIANS AND BUILDERS

形成完整利益团伙：法官、政客、建筑承包商三方勾结。

 

DineshPatel-g1s
In the long run, quality pays. However the corruption will not let it happen. Without corruption, quality should be the only criteria.

长远来看，保证工程质量才划算，但贪腐风气根本做不到。如果杜绝贪腐，施工质量才会成为唯一评判标准。

 

patrioticindian57
Given the level of corruption, such contracts are the easiest and well tested method of making money

眼下贪腐风气盛行，承接基建项目是一套成熟、稳妥的捞钱手段。

 

chanle607
I must race to see Indian bridges before they collapse!

得抓紧去参观印度的桥梁，不然哪天就塌了。

 

rajivghatkar7836
We the people of India are responsible we are always chalata hai. We are more focused on next birth but not this life.

普通印度民众也有责任，凡事都抱着凑合就行的心态。大家总盼来世，却不认真过好当下，不重视现世安全。

 

ramaswamylakshmanan73
Well said. Very true. No accountability at all. Of course , prevention is better than cure. Lives of people are cheap in India. It's really scary to go over some of the bridges or under them.

说得一针见血，完全属实。出事之后没有任何人担责。防患于未然永远比事后补救重要，在印度人命仿佛不值钱，很多桥梁不管从桥上走还是桥下过，都让人提心吊胆。

 

ukuk179
No one can tell us what contribution infra made to GDP, ROCE & payback

从来没人能拿出数据，证明这些基建对国内生产总值、资本回报率、投资回报有多大贡献。

 

hemantng
Infra gives invisible, uncountable, immeasurable contribution to GDP and economy. It cannot be quantified easily. Especially it benefits remote areas, forgotten areas and tough weather areas (which are not a priority for upper middle class).

基建对经济的贡献是隐性、难以量化的，没办法简单用数字统计。偏远、气候恶劣、中产很少涉足的落后地区，受益最明显。

 

LekHongYip
Its the unbelievable level.of incompetency civil engineering that causes bridges or highway to built with huge gaps or not up to specifications meanwhile all those unbelievable numbers of collapses simply down to multiple layer of corruption. When you have both at the same time ...thats nightmare on steroids. Truely only in India .

工程人员专业能力差到离谱，桥梁公路施工缝隙巨大、达不到设计标准。大量坍塌事故，根源是多层级贪腐叠加。专业不足加上全线贪腐，双重问题叠加，灾难加倍，这种乱象只有印度才有。

 

RNKao1968
Costs and quality standards are big concerns

工程造价、施工质量标准，两大核心隐患。

 

Tempest_jh
I am proud if this govts work, I drive on the roads built by this govt not only in my state and when I drive across states , they are indeed incredible.

我认可本届政府的基建成果，我自驾走遍各邦，政府新建的道路体验确实很好。

 

ShashikantDhusia-j9j
Yes, Madam, airports with no passengers or with low service roads. Prohibitively expensive train journeys with low occupancy and in adequate number of trains for common man. Overhead tanks in rural areas split open once water is filled. etc.

话虽如此，大量机场客流量稀少、配套道路不完善；火车票定价高昂，车厢上座率低，普通民众运力不足；农村蓄水塔一灌满水就开裂，各类问题层出不穷。

 

tintunbirha
"U.P Bridges" a UP govt enterprise which use to build high quality bridges in UP, then in the rest of the country, then abroad, seems to have disappeared into oblivion.
Don't see them anywhere these days.

北方邦国营桥梁建设企业，早年承建本邦、全国乃至海外高标准桥梁，如今彻底销声匿迹，再也看不到他们的工程。

 

kgravikumar
Construction quality has nothing to do with SINK HOLES.
Sink Holes is not easily predictable . Need to do survey of all the borewells dug in that area

路面塌陷和施工质量无关。地面塌陷很难提前预判，需要全面勘测区域内所有地下水井。

 

sanjaypande9451
A well-argued and much needed discussion. However, I would suggest that corruption, hurried inaugurations and poor maintenance are amplifying factors rather than the deepest structural cause. It is also worth asking whether the failure rate per bridge or per kilometre of road has actually increased, or whether the sheer scale of infrastructure creation and social media has made failures more visible.

A structural issue that receives far less attention is India’s long-standing neglect of vocational skills and workmanship. We have invested heavily in higher education, feeding developed economies and now GCCs, but far less in creating a culture that values and certifies electricians, welders, masons, carpenters, millwrights, plumbers and other skilled trades. Infrastructure quality ultimately depends on the quality of craft’s understanding of the design drawings and workmanship throughout the supply chain. These aspects are not intuitive and deeper than secondary research alone can reveal.

Most industrialised countries went through similar phases before building strong vocational ecosystems. Perhaps the debate should shift from only asking who failed to also asking whether our skill ecosystem is capable of consistently delivering quality at scale.

这场讨论很有价值，观点有理有据。但贪腐、仓促剪彩、养护缺位只是放大问题的诱因，并非最根本的结构性矛盾。另外也要分清：是桥梁道路故障率真的上涨，还是基建规模暴涨、社交媒体曝光增多，让事故更容易被大众看见。

有一个长期被忽视的底层问题：印度长期轻视职业技能、一线施工工艺培养。国家重金投入高等教育，大量人才外流至欧美、海湾国家，却不重视电工、焊工、泥瓦工、木工、机械工、水管工等技术工种的资质认证与行业培养。基建最终质量，全靠一线工人看懂图纸、规范施工，整条产业链的工艺标准才是关键，这一点光靠浅层报道很难讲透。

绝大多数工业化国家都经历过这个阶段，之后才搭建完善的职业技术体系。我们不该只纠结谁要为事故负责，更要反思国内技能培训体系，能否持续大批量产出合格施工人才，保障工程质量。

 

rumlia
End of it, we would have Delhi-Daulatabad-Delhi.
Alice ran so fast in Wonderland to stay in the same place.

折腾到最后，只会原地打转。就像爱丽丝梦游仙境，拼命奔跑，位置却丝毫没变。