The monsoons are just around the corner but the contractors of the smart city project are still seen casually carrying on with their work in slow motion in Panaji as if they have come here to enjoy their weekend holidays and group picnics in Goa. The worst part is that although the State government (of course, under pressure of the High Court) has clearly given them a deadline to complete all their works by May 31, they are seen digging/damaging even some of the recently hot-mixed roads over and over again on flimsy reasons in some of the interior parts of Panaji city. For e.g. the road near Azad Maidan/Panaji police headquarters was nicely hotmixed just a couple of months back but the same is currently being re-dug/damaged by using a JCB under a flimsy excuse.
Well, after watching the attitude of the City fathers/officials of the smart city project, I feel that the Panjimites will have to compulsorily keep a few boats, life-jackets on standby because no one knows how Panaji will really look like during the coming monsoon due to the incomplete work.
