Rumblers decorate NH66 NH authorities are paranoid in decorating NH66 with unscientific rumblers to avoid traffic accidents. Three unrecorded accidents and one fatal at Dandeavado site.The victim has no one to take up cudgels for negligence and sue for deadly rumbler strips that is the cause EE dodges contact and ignores correspondence from CM and deputy Collector and has the audacity asking aggrieved residents to seek legal redress. The MLA has secretively demaned it and then foolishly raising issue in the Assembly for optics in an attempt to shift blame. Refuses to provide a copy of the said requests. The nuisance of sound pollution is 24x7 is due unbearable vibrations disturbing peaceful sleep of senior citizens afflicted with age related ailments .The sound does not dissipate in heavily crowded residential area and effect is felt around 150 metres radius and more so at nights Citizens are protected by sound pollution act after 10 pm and is the same not applicable to us ? Accidents at site is not 24 hours but noise is.The EE is arrogant not to stick to his suggestion of widening acquired land by two metres to clear the blind spot a measure huddle.There are no measures to check speed,. overtaking etc.THE drivers use pedestrian footpath to circumvent rumblers, leaving no place at all.The provision of dividers .blinker , Zebra Crossing has added much needed The violation of Zebra Crossing violatios is a serious offence but crossing rumblers is at own risk .Besides all the 3 internal connecting roads have hump type speed breakers .precautions to stop and proceed.The rumblers in the vicinity are too many on a stretch of 2km that are causing injuries, damage to vehicles The residents have appealed with sound reasons by representing and peaceful demonstration. One wonders absence of such measure at St Sebastian Chapel .Navelim and Cuncolim which are much more risky more crowded due to institutions Church, municipality and market complex.At Navelim the underpass and signals are not functional.The representation to Panchayat is largely supported by hired , non residents in the vicinity Frequent requests to solve the issue by signals even by Panchayat are deliberately ignored only to harass senior citizens by cheap alternative. Another alternative for bypass is vociferously opposed by the same group from the area due to presumed inconvenience to them even though no habitats are affected.The authorities refuse to justify exclusive , selective preference for rumblers at the site in comparison with other more dangerous junctions as aforementioned .Reintroducing inspite of sound and valid suggestions is arrogance of the authorities.My personal experience of road travel abroad, such crude , unscientific measures are non existent Rumblers are an illusive measures which are not assuring safety of pedestrians as no arrangement for monitoring of violations and deterrents are inplace .
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