Has Shetty forgotten his kar seva promise?
By CT reporter
MANGALORE : "The development and repair of the highways is the responsibility of the union government. The time limit set by the Highway authorities to repair the road has expried. We will wait for another two days. If the National Highway Authoity fails to repair the road then the same would be done through kar seva." This was what the district minister B Nagaraj Shetty had said a few days ago.
It is now almost over a month since Shetty made such a statement and it seems he is in no way interested in translating his words into deeds.
A few days after Shetty issued this statement, Mangalore witnessed riots. Then it would not have been proper for anyone to remind Shetty of his promise. Now that everything has cooled done, the issue has been raised.
The roads are in a much worser condition. It is now imperative for the district minister to go in for kar seva.
Though for the minister most of the problems seem to be just a bubble in the water, it is sure that the district roads have haunted him. Particularly, the stretch of the National Highway 17 from Kottara Chowki to Suratkal is unfit even for pedestrians let alone motorists.
While Congress used this road issue to gain political mileage, the BJP workers were disiillusioned.The road isuse haunted the minister wherever he went and a frustrated Shetty summoned the highway officials and warned them.
He set a 72 hour deadline. But, that proved immaterial for the authorities with the problem remaining unsolved even after 72 days let alone 72 hours.
Just to avoid public attention the minister secretly inspected the condition of the highways once in the dead of the night and even made news when this inspection became public.
Finally, he said the highway repair was the responsibility of the union government and that kar seva would be embarked upon if the roads were left unrepaired.
It is not known if the minister’s statement reflected his helplessness or if it was just a tactic to win public confidence. Whatever it is, people wish to remind him of his words. Will Shetty keep a step ahead ? Let us wait and see.
MANGALORE : "The development and repair of the highways is the responsibility of the union government. The time limit set by the Highway authorities to repair the road has expried. We will wait for another two days. If the National Highway Authoity fails to repair the road then the same would be done through kar seva." This was what the district minister B Nagaraj Shetty had said a few days ago.
It is now almost over a month since Shetty made such a statement and it seems he is in no way interested in translating his words into deeds.
A few days after Shetty issued this statement, Mangalore witnessed riots. Then it would not have been proper for anyone to remind Shetty of his promise. Now that everything has cooled done, the issue has been raised.
The roads are in a much worser condition. It is now imperative for the district minister to go in for kar seva.
Though for the minister most of the problems seem to be just a bubble in the water, it is sure that the district roads have haunted him. Particularly, the stretch of the National Highway 17 from Kottara Chowki to Suratkal is unfit even for pedestrians let alone motorists.
While Congress used this road issue to gain political mileage, the BJP workers were disiillusioned.The road isuse haunted the minister wherever he went and a frustrated Shetty summoned the highway officials and warned them.
He set a 72 hour deadline. But, that proved immaterial for the authorities with the problem remaining unsolved even after 72 days let alone 72 hours.
Just to avoid public attention the minister secretly inspected the condition of the highways once in the dead of the night and even made news when this inspection became public.
Finally, he said the highway repair was the responsibility of the union government and that kar seva would be embarked upon if the roads were left unrepaired.
It is not known if the minister’s statement reflected his helplessness or if it was just a tactic to win public confidence. Whatever it is, people wish to remind him of his words. Will Shetty keep a step ahead ? Let us wait and see.
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