Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has taken the sensible decision to enforce
helmets only on the highways. The thrust of the government should be on
first urgently tackling the causes of the increasing number of road
accidents. The roads across Goa are in a pathetic and very critical state.
With such large craters on most roads a helmet by itself may be of no
succor. There also needs to be a total crackdown on drunken driving and
reckless over speeding. Unlicensed drivers should be severely penalized and
kept off the road.
My friend Sudin Dhavlikar should get his eye balls off the bikini and keep
focused on making our roads safer. He should get cracking as besides being
the Transport Minister he is also holding the PWD portfolio.
In 2003 during his earlier term as Chief Minister it was announced by
Manohar Parrikar that anyone spotting a pothole on any road would be
rewarded with Rs 1000. Is the offer still on Mr. CM? For a financially
wrecked government, may be this time around it should be an award for a
road without a pothole, as there is none.
Aires Rodrigues
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