Trump’s war cry, “drill baby drill” to boost fossil fuel production in order to achieve energy dominance, can be applied to roads in Goa albeit with a different tag line: ‘’dig baby dig’’. I am not even talking about the roads in (Super) Smart City Panaji but in the coastal villages of Goa.
Recently, the perfectly fine beach road in Benaulim ahead of Kadar’s supermarket was dug up to lay some cables, and the contractor, after finishing the job, simply covered the trench with soil. The road surface stands damaged and is a hazard for vehicles and pedestrians alike.The CM’s instructions that roads shall be dug only from October to February if utility services need to be laid have fallen on deaf ears. The panchayat, the PWD, the corporation ” all seem to be sleeping the sleep of the dead. Truly, Goa mein ‘sab chalta hai’.
