This, though, is not about suburbs and the city. It is also not about the numerous complaints that were flooding chat groups. This is to highlight what locals claimed they had heard was the reason behind it—the continual digging and re-digging of roads and footpaths that damaged the cable lines beneath.

The power authorities did not say that, so we had no experts on record. In light of that, it is difficult to establish the reason. We must pay attention to the fact that road work is a constant in many areas. While it may be necessary in patches given the heavy load this city has to bear, people are flummoxed and irked with the consistent work, especially on pavements.
There has to be will and effort put into civic works so that they do not need to be overhauled and re-done in a few months, not even a year.

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This gives rise to a cynical citizenry who is then quite right in questioning why a recently completed work is being re-done. We need long-term vision and quality, right from inception. If footpaths do not need more work, desist from digging again. At times a re-done work is worse than what it was before. The consistent overhaul and makeovers need to stop as they are doing more all-round damage than good.