Isaacean fatal holes

The potholes of former PWD minister P J Joseph have been christened as Isaacean fatal holes. All the PWD roads in Kerala are full of deadly holes where bikers and other vehicle owners find a tough time to travel. The much acclaimed NH47 is the worst place for road traffic. I wonder how the Kerala ministers travel safely on these horrendous roads.

The Finance Minister T M Thomas Isaac who took charges of PWD is more interested in channel shows than taking any action in removing potholes. The NET savvy minister first asked the public works engineers to take the photographs of all potholes and publish them on the PWD website. I wonder about the chunk of cyber space needed for this huge task. The Minister has announced an immediate payout of Rs 50000 to all engineers to remove potholes but none received the amount. And they gaze about the need for publishing the photographs of potholes on an inactive website. Even if published no pothole could be visible as all of them are covered with water due to heavy rain.

And without a massive operation it is not possible to remove all potholes on the roads. The idle sitting PWD officials and the showy minister in charge of the public work are equally responsible for the present horrible condition of the road. It is now peoples’ turn to take legal action against erring officials by initiating criminal or civil proceedings. The helpless commuters should not be permitted to meet with accidents due the callous attitude of PWD.

K A Solaman