During his recent visit to Goa Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari made two very tall promises. That roads in India within two years would be better than the United States and that the viewing gallery at the Zuari Bridge would be better than that at Eiffel Tower in Paris. The PWD asking people to report potholes and that they would be fixed in three days is preposterous. In a small State like Goa are the PWD officials so blind that they cannot see for themselves the potholes all over. Or would the High Court have to monitor this issue too?
The roads have also become accident prone besides the damage that is being done to our vehicles and the human body especially for two wheeler riders. The horrific factual position today is that there is not a road in the State without potholes. It augurs very shabbily for a leading tourist destination that we want to be. As the Bombay High Court has already ruled that good roads is a fundamental right of every citizen, the government needs to embark upon repairing the potholed roads on priority.
