Team Herald
PANJIM: Soon, an app to identify the potholes on the roads and also help the government authorities to repair them will be in place.
The State cabinet on Thursday approved two agencies having ‘jetpatcher’ machines to mend the potholes, PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral said.
Speaking to media persons post cabinet meeting, Cabral said that the cabinet approved the proposal of appointing two agencies, who are giving guarantee of 18 months of repaired roads.
He said that these machines will work for North and South Goa. “We want to put in a mechanism, there will be an app in such a way that people will post the photos of potholes, that will reach the contractor and within 98 hours, he will start working on it. It is a little complicated, but I am trying to do it. If it fails, then I will fail,” Cabral said.
He said that the government will not buy the machines but the contractor will take care of the financial part.
Cabral said that there are many difficulties to achieve the goal of 100 per cent pothole-free state, but he is trying for that.
“This jetpatcher machine can suck the water from potholes and repair the potholes. But it is not possible if there is heavy rain. We are starting this (technology) on a trial basis,” he said, adding that he is of the opinion that roads should be pothole-free.
Cabral also mentioned that many years ago, the Goa government had brought such machines, which did not come to use.
