Panaji having bad roads with pot holes and water accumulation on roads is a perennial problem. This situation is alarming when the rains are approaching and whatever has been repaired get washed out.
There are two reasons for it which will never be learnt by any of the government authorities. One is that tenders are given late just before the monsoon, and second, the material used for filling these potholes is substandard. Ministers play a blame game just to show the public they are trying to improve or control the authorities -- one is the PWD and another is CCP but all of them are least bothered as long as their pockets are filled. They never supervise or send their staff to these locations where work is going on. So as usual the work is done haphazardly, resulting in the same condition or even worse after a short period of time. The public is always at the receiving end. Asphalt or the material used needs to be of high quality and this issue will resolve itself if the full or part of the payment is kept pending for some years until the work performed proves to be good and only then payment to contractors must be released.
