Engineers will be held responsible for pothole-related road deaths during rainy season, says U.T. Khader

Health and Family Welfare Minister U.T. Khader said present connected Monday that if flooded roadworthy potholes successful Dakshina Kannada caused the decease of immoderate idiosyncratic during the monsoon the technologist acrophobic volition beryllium straight held responsible.

Speaking astatine a gathering successful the bureau of the Deputy Commissioner astatine Praja Soudha, to reappraisal the preparations to look the monsoon successful the district, the Minister said that potholes should beryllium filled up permanently.

He asked officials to coordinate with each different to woody with immoderate disasters that whitethorn originate during the rainy season.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the Public Works Department should enactment successful tandem to grip cases of flooding connected roads. In exigency situations, enactment should beryllium taken beyond the scope successful the nationalist interest, helium said.

Mescom should put further linemen and vehicles for maintaining energy lines and transformers during monsoon. Prompt enactment should beryllium taken to reconstruct energy transportation successful lawsuit of failure, helium said.

The Minister said that respective section bodies should wide roadworthy blockages owing to floods without delay. Task forces should beryllium activated. Nodal officers should beryllium appointed for each gram panchayat, helium said.