MARGAO
Cuncolim MLA and Congress Working President Yuri Alemao on Saturday said the failed, insensitive & irresponsible BJP Government must stop blaming the people for fatal accidents in Goa.
In fact, Yuri said it is the absence of Comprehensive Quality Control & Monitoring System which is the main cause for bad road infrastructure and fatal accidents in Goa.
Reacting to the statements made by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant who blamed drunken driving as the main cause of accidents & PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral who had said that government will rope in private players for round-the-clock monitoring of roads for instances of overspeeding, overtaking, etc and Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho who mentioned of more than two departments doing same work, the Cuncolim MLA came down heavily on failures of the BJP government to provide proper road infrastructure in Goa.
“There are multiple departments and agencies involved in a project like building of a road stretch or a bridge. Unfortunately there is no system in place for co-ordination and to fix responsibility and accountability. On every failure, the fingers are pointed to others. This attitude has resulted in substandard work of roads, missing of traffic signals, signages resulting in taking away lives of innocents in fatal accidents,” Yuri said.
He added: “I had raised this issue in the last Assembly Session and urged the PWD Minister to come out with a comprehensive plan to monitor works, do quality checks & fix responsibility with accountability. I urge the government to take this matter on top priority and put systems in place before more lives are lost.”
Saying the time has come to examine why any new project undertaken by government spending crores faces quality issues within three to six months, Yuri said there is a serious lapse in quality control, adding there is no accountability as well.
“Mission Commission of the corrupt Double Engine BJP governments at Centre and State has resulted in substandard work of highways, bridges in Goa. There are fatal accidents taking place almost every week in Goa from Patradevi to Canacona & Mormugao to Mollem due to pathetic road infrastructure,” he said.
