Tolls, Hotels, Helplines — But Not the Names of the Guilty - NHAI’s QR Gimmick Exposed
🔥 QR CODES, zero ACCOUNTABILITY: THIS IS NOT THE TRANSPARENCY WE WERE PROMISED 🔥
Scan. Click. Scroll.
And still — no answers.
NHAI’s new QR code boards across Bengaluru’s NH-48 and NH-75 are being sold as a leap toward transparency and ease of travel. In reality, they feel like window dressing — polished tech masking the same old problem: no accountability for broken roads and endless potholes.
This is not what was promised.
⚔️ What the QR Codes Give You — And What They Don’t
1️⃣ Plenty of information — none that matters
Yes, you can now access toll plaza details, wayside amenities, and helpline numbers. Helpful? Marginally. Revolutionary? Not even close.
2️⃣ What’s missing is the entire point of transparency
No contractor’s name.
No project cost.
No maintenance agency.
No defect liability period.
In short: no one to hold responsible.
3️⃣ No public feedback, no pressure
There’s no option to rate road quality, report potholes with accountability, or review contractor performance. No data loop. No consequences. Just information flowing one way — top down.
🧨 Why This Feels Like a Betrayal
4️⃣ We were promised accountability, not QR cosmetics
The vision sold to the public was clear: transparency, responsibility, and quality infrastructure. What we got is a scannable brochure.
5️⃣ Commuters don’t want hotel lists — they want answers
We don’t need curated stops.
We need to know who built this stretch, who is paid to maintain it, and why it’s still crumbling.
6️⃣ Potholes aren’t acts of god — they’re human failures
Bad roads have names attached to them. Companies. Engineers. Supervisors. Contracts. Without publishing those, transparency is just a buzzword.
⚡ What Real Transparency Would Look Like
• Contractor & subcontractor names
• Project cost and timelines
• Maintenance agency details
• Defect liability period
• Public rating & complaint tracking
• Penalties for non-performance
• Anything less is digital theatre.
💥 Final Blow
QR codes don’t fix roads.
Information without accountability fixes nothing.
If transparency doesn’t tell us who to blame when the road fails, it’s not transparency at all — it’s just another sticker slapped on a pothole-ridden promise.