Photos: When 6 comic characters raised serious civic issues in Delhi

Comic characters on Delhi roads
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Comic characters on Delhi roads

You may well be aware of potholes and cracks on Delhi roads, but Barbie and her friends were apparently not. TOI caught up with a few comic characters who found it tough to navigate the hindrances in the capital.

Where does the muck stop? Not here
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Where does the muck stop? Not here

Barbie’s mate Ken and Gian, from Doraemon universe, are deep in the mucky water near Sarai Kale Khan ISBT. The pothole is a stone’s throw from the metro line and the bus terminus.


​A river ruins through it
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​A river ruins through it

Suniyo has found himself in a large crater inside Khichripur village in east Delhi. Leaking sewage water has formed a smelly puddle on the road.

Hole-istic approach
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Hole-istic approach

In Ghazipur Dairy village, a mud-splattered Nobita is stuck in a large water-filled pothole.

You’ll never walk alone
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You’ll never walk alone

Nobita had to give his commando mate a hand on a damaged stretch of Ranjit Singh flyover, near Barakhamba Road crossing. The flank is towards Ramlila Ground.

​Here today, still there tomorrow
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​Here today, still there tomorrow

Clearly a bad hair day for Barbie at the entry of the Barapullah flyover. While moving from Sarai Kale Khan towards Ashram, she also found several vehicles moving the wrong way.

​No crack of new dawn here
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​No crack of new dawn here

Barbie finds its legs stuck in a crack on a road in east Delhi’s Vinod Nagar, just below Delhi-Meerut Expressway

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