MARGAO: In a unique protest against the lack of coordination between government departments, citizens from Margao presented a bouquet of flowers to the Sewerage Department contractor who commenced the digging up of a recently asphalted road.
Shadow Council for Margao (SCM) convenor Savio Coutinho along Adv Snehal Onskar and Ireneu Fernandes visited the site where the contractor engaged for the laying a 1.50 km sewerage pressure line along the Konkan Railway Station road near ESI Hospital-Margao, and presented the flowers for their 'grand achievement' in ripping open the road which was provided hotmix carpet less than a fortnight ago.
Speaking to the media, Coutinho also recalled that on 28 October 2023, Margao MLA Digambar Kmat and the ward municipal councillor Deepali Sawal had launched the work of putting rumblers along the same road, which stand buried under the hotmix carpet provided recently.
Coutinho appealed to Madgaonkars to wake up and understand how public funds are wasted in the name of haphazard development works.
Adv Snehal Onskar condemned the authorities for the unplanned works which led to the damage of a pipeline during the course of digging. The entire line will be shut down for repair work, and the public will have to suffer without water supply, Adv Snehal said.
Ireneu Fernandes called for a system where the heads of the department could be held responsible in the event of such discoordinated work being seen leading to huge monetary losses to the public exchequer.