I really fail to understand why the PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral is insisting on having mobile app to detect potholes on roads across Goa when the actual land area of Goa is just 3,702 sq km which will be one district of Kerala or Karnataka where one can travel from north to south Goa in 5 hours. Our government has appointed Assistant Engineers and Junior Engineers in every taluka and even in villages. These engineers are incompetent to be watchdogs on Goan roads or they are unable to move to the field as they are more adapted to AC cabins and being paid fat salaries by the government for the substandard work done by the contractors who in turn give bribes/ commission to the government officials and even the ministers. The government needs to come clear and give the contract online and details be in public domain so that the work done by the contractors will not be shoddy. This mobile app will be a blessing in disguise for AEs and JEs as their work of detecting potholes will be done by the public through the app.
