Goemkrponn desk
CANACONA – Alert residents foils bid by a road contractor to blacktop a delipidated road at Ghanebhag (Galgibaga) with the sub-standard procedure.
According to sources, after frequent complaints from the people of Ghanebhag, PWD has approved to repair of a hundred metres of badly damaged road to Metriwada. A contractor is accordingly allotted the works.
However, to the chagrin of the locals, the contractor, without even repairing the damaged road by use of suitable rouble and or black metal as other deemed materials, had instead of using a JCB had, leveled the road only with a mixture of Morass, on Wednesday. The Contractor was reportedly making arrangements to start the Black-Topping/Hot-mixing works.
When the residents felt something was fishy in the contractors’ moves, they forced them to stop the blacktopping works.
Residents than compelled the contractor to remove the material used to level up the potholed road and reportedly informed PWD (Roads) about the sub-standard works being carried out by the contractor.
Residents also complained about any officials (Supervisor or Junior Engineer) of PWD (Roads) while the contractor was executing the works.
‘ the absence of any PWD officials allows the contractor to do only lip service instead of carrying out the works as per given standards. However, we will not allow that to happen; PWD must ensure proper work standards are followed to repair the road repair works so that the roads last at least to some period and not wash out by the first rains itself’, informed a resident.