Rihaneh (pseudonym) is an ER doctor at a Rafsanjan hospital.

This project is an absolute mess. It’s the laughing stock not only of Rafsanjan but of everyone who visits the city. If it’s raining, people actually come from far away to see the ‘waterfall’ and ‘swimming pool’ for themselves. It’s pathetic.

I heard, though, that the city government grew so angry about people criticizing the highway that they forbade local media from publishing anything more on their ‘noble project’, which was supposed to solve the city’s entire traffic problem. And since the city has no opposition representatives as such, there are no voices ready to speak out publicly against about the problem.

Not only has the underpass not done anything to lessen the city’s traffic, but when it rains, it becomes a joke for those who see it, and a tragedy for those who need to drive on it.”