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Podcast: Moneylife News Bites
Episode: Deadly Decades of NH66: Exposed by Chaitanya Patil’s Rasta Satyagraha
Description: Despite official claims that 89% of NH66 is complete, the reality on the ground tells a far more disturbing story.In this audio, Sucheta Dalal examines the decades-long failure of NH66, the crucial Mumbai–Goa highway that has remained a deadly work-in-progress for nearly 20 years. Through the extraordinary Rasta Satyagraha undertaken by Chaitanya Patil, the video exposes construction lapses, dangerous design flaws, missing safety infrastructure, poor drainage, and ecological damage—all backed by geo-tagged photographic evidence.RTI data reveals over 2,000 deaths in Raigad and Ratnagiri districts alone since 2011, raising uncomfortable questions about accountability, corruption, and...