PONDA: After the Vasco based bike rider died in a horrific car-bike collision on the sharp turn, another accident occurred on the under construction Bethora-Borim road early Wednesday morning at another sharp turn. In this accident, a Bolero jeep fell on a roadside house after losing control. The roof and walls of the house belonging to Vinu Gaude were damaged. The family members and the owner had a lucky escape since they were in another room.
The house owner said contractor of NH had assured to construct a retaining wall but has not constructed it thus far.
The Bolero commercial vehicle was returning to Belgavi after unloading chicken at Ponda. When the driver reached the sharp turn he lost control and directly rammed into the house damaging its roof and wall.
Following this locals have demanded retaining walls on sharp turns to prevent accidents.
The locals said the four lane work widening is in progress on the Bethora-Borim road. At present various works including hotmix carpeting is also in progress on the stretch, but no sign boards have been put up to alert commuters about work in progress.
The locals have hit out at the contractor for not installing signboards to alert the commuters to drive slow on the under construction road. Since the four lane road has sharp turns, locals demand that the speed limit should be 50 km per hour to prevent accidents.
