The spree of heavy vehicles falling victim to Smart City works in Panaji continues as on Tuesday the rear tyre of a truck got stuck after a road caved in along 18th June Road. Though the road is completely closed for traffic the truck reportedly belonged to the contractor who is executing the road infrastructure work at the site. Incidentally this is the eighth such incident reported in the capital city since February 6. It remains to be seen how many of such incidents take place as digging is carried out on most of the roads. It may be recalled that in one of the incidents four workers were injured and had to be admitted to the hospital for treatment. It comes as a surprise that most of the trucks that have been involved in such incidents belonged to the contractors as the roads are closed to the general traffic. These contractors should warn the truck drivers not to drive on the roads that are likely to cave in. Roads that have been dug up need to be closed to the trucks carrying material as well.
