The MDR-6 road in Siolim village has been widened from the Chopdem bridge to the old theatre junction, and the PWD has provided a divider whose width is hardly half a metre. In this divider, the PWD seems to have given approval to one agency to install the advertisement boards, which are dangerously erected without considering the safety of the vehicle drivers/riders that will be plying on this road. The work is in full swing. I request the authorities from the PWD, RTO, and the Panchayat Road Safety and Traffic Management Committee to inspect the said works before its completion. Throwing the safety precautions to the wind for the sake of getting some advertisement money should not be the criteria at the cost of causing accidents which may lead to serious injuries. Where is the Road Engineering Cell, and are they not supposed to be consulted before such activities are decided? Is there any approval for such works? As it is, this road widening issue has landed in Court, and the fact-finding mission is still ongoing to determine who is responsible. I hope the contractor, if he has acted on his own, rectifies the same immediately.
