MARGAO
Villagers of Nuvem constituency on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the PWD, NH officials to ensure the urgent restoration of the traffic signals on the Nuvem bypass in view of the rising accidents along the stretch.
Pending restoration of the traffic signals, the citizens requested the PWD officials to understand the gravity of the situation and co-ordinate with the traffic cell of the Road Transport Department (RTO) to depute necessary traffic policemen to monitor the traffic in the interim period so that no further casualties occur.
In the memorandum, the villagers pointed out that the situation is so alarming that citizens are worried about their family members stepping out in vehicles daily as we do not know when the next accident would occur.
“Your office which is in-charge of the maintenance and upkeep of these traffic signals cannot be a mute spectator to this continuous danger to public life and absence of an important facility such as traffic signals for such a long period of time cannot be condoned, as it is your bounden duty to ensure that the same is operational and downtime if any of these signals is quickly addressed as it is a matter of life and death and not some luxury requirement,” the memorandum added.
The delegation comprised of Pio Kevin Barretto, Zarina Da Cunha, Arvind, Kenneth and others.
