The announcement made by the PWD minister, Sudin Dhavalikar regards hot-mixing of all roads in the state is welcome. But, I wish that the minister would issue strict instructions to the officials of PWD to grant the work of hot-mixing to contractors who would ensure that they provide quality roads that would last for a minimum of 3 years, failing which they along with the concerned PWD officials should be taken to task and penalised or their payments withheld or forfeited. After all, is it not the taxpayers money being utilised for this purpose? One hopes that this assurance is not an election gimmick to fool the already fooled Goenkars.
