Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has diagnosed three main causes for the spate of accidents in the State but has not prescribed any steps to remedy the situation. According to Dr Sawant irresponsible rash and negligent driving is one of those three causes. Wouldn’t it be prudent for our Chief Minister to lead by example and ensure that his convoy does not violate the prescribed speed limits while also urging his Ministers and MLAs to strictly follow the speed limits?
Pramod Sawant has also cited the rising number of vehicles in Goa as a cause of accidents. The Chief Minister must realise that the Traffic and Transport Department officials have miserably failed to ensure proper traffic management even in the cities. Panaji is a glaring example where the authorities are not taking action against those hordes of Casino vehicles blatantly and illegally parked on the very busy Dayanand Bandodkar Marg.
The Chief Minister says drunken driving is another cause for rise in accidents. We have seen many such accidents by tourists who leave the Casinos in an inebriated state as alcohol flows round the clock. The government needs to urgently remedy this dangerous situation by instructing the police to stop turning a blind eye to such obvious abuses that congest our roads and jeopardise road safety.
