'Roads Built, Rebuilt' lamented by Joseph John in his news on Monday, March 7, 2011 in the Indian Express of Ahmedabad edition reveals that 417 roads constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) in the last seven years have fallen short of the requisite quality standards. The Government of Chhattisgarh has ordered reconstruction of 27 of these.
During the last three years alone 3350 roads were constructed out of which many projects are still lying incomplete even in the capital district of Raipur. What does it indicate? It shows the carelessness on the part of concerned political masters, engineers and the quality agencies involved in those projects. It also means that funds were released without proper inspections and quality checking.
An official who was strict and stopped payment of the contractors on this account was shifted out of his place of posting. What lesson public and the officials should draw from this action of the government? - Tolerate low standards and help the contractors who have already obliged the public servants.
Good governance!
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