The appointment of the very knowledgeable and articulate Sanjit Rodrigues as the Chief Executive Officer of Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) is an apt decision and a step in the right direction. But it may be too late while the current officials have been trying to wriggle out of the mess they have created in the city by claiming that they did not have the old plans of utility lines laid beneath the roads. The IPSCDL should have embarked on the works only after having done proper groundwork. They proceeded in haste and made a mess of the whole city.
The works should have been done in a phased manner after ascertaining all the ground realities and not digging the whole city and inconveniencing the citizens and especially the elderly who have been inhaling enormous dust for the last few months and moving on perilous roads.
We can all see that the works being carried out are so shoddy and extremely substandard. The contractors need to be blacklisted. Also, the guilty IPSCDL officials cannot be allowed to go scot free. We will have to wait for the monsoons to set in to see the real state of Panaji.
