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Will We Ever See Good & Durable Roads? - By Aires Rodrigues
Monday - Jan 2, 2023
During his recent visit to Goa Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari made two very tall promises. That roads in India within two years would be better than the United States and that the viewing gallery at the Zuari Bridge would be better than that at Eiffel Tower in Paris. The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The PWD asking people to report potholes and that they would be fixed in three days is preposterous. In a very small State like Goa are the PWD officials so blind that they cannot see for themselves the potholes all over. Or would the High Court have to monitor this issue too? This government which has miserably failed on all fronts has allowed even the state of the roads across Goa to deteriorate to such an extent that some roads pose a serious danger to the public.
There are potholes galore wherever you go. The roads have also become accident prone besides the damage that is being done to our vehicles and the human body especially for two-wheeler riders on account of the bumpy ride. So, the authorities need to act with utmost urgency to ensure that the roads are made safe and motorable.
In 2003 the then Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had announced that anyone spotting a pothole on any road in Goa would be rewarded with Rs 1000. The horrific factual position today is that there is not a road in the State without potholes. It augurs very shabbily for a leading tourist destination that we want to be. As the Bombay High Court has already ruled that good roads is a fundamental right of every citizen, the government needs to wake up from its slumber and embark upon repairing the potholed roads on a priority.
Comments (6)
Francis Cordeiro
Saturday - Jan 7, 2023
Every project has been announced after election but that money goes in their pocket. For e.g. Vasco bus stand all government offices in Vasco in one Building. Yet Vasco has to see the light of the day. Same with Fire station in Vasco. After recently election the work of previous mla has started with drilling for water supply. Let see which year the building is coming up.as previous budget money must have been eaten up in previous election.
Govind Gaonkar
Saturday - Jan 7, 2023
Govt is busy poaching mlas and spending crores of Rs on events which are useless to common man.
Chandrakant Tadkodkar
Saturday - Jan 7, 2023
St. Jaquim road, the busiest traffic road of Borda Margao has two feet wide ditches every fifty feet on the center of the road, people specially two wheeler riders suffer & tolerate silently luckily there are hospitals, doctors, pharmacies on the whole stretch local MLA should please look into this
Rupesh Pednekar
Monday - Jan 2, 2023
No we shall never see the good roads, like the ones built by Portuguese in Goa and the roads that were built by our Christian Kunnbi/Gaudde. Those roads were better than the modern hot mixed roads of Goa. Those roads and mud used bridges still standing strong.
Govind Gaonkar
Monday - Jan 2, 2023
Govt is busy poaching MLAs and spending crores of Rupees on events which are useless to common man.
Gabriel de Figueiredo
Monday - Jan 2, 2023
As can be seen from the picture, six chiefs watching one man working. Amazing India indeed!