The most pleasant thing is fulfilment of demand and expectation. Moat like drain, which was created by the unfinished road construction work at Sagolband had been filled up. The road side dwellers might be heaving a sigh of relief on seeing the work done. The road was kept neglected for months together since the end of the 9th assembly election, which was held in February this year. No wonder the MLA, who initiated the road construction work lost in the election. As the construction was abandoned mid way the area was engulfed with dusts 24 hours a day. The users lamented do not we have a competent authority, who can take up road construction work. At last the voice had been heard. Yesterday a roller was seen levelling the big sized pot hole near Tera bazaar and JCB excavator filling up with broken bricks the moat like artificial pond near Vijaygovinda. More needs to be done. Sagolband Tera Loukrakpam Leikai road has been existing like a chronic disease affected man. This road has been serving as a link road between Uripok and Sagolband. The road is very wide, which can be upgraded to national highway. But the prolonged neglect meted out to this portion of the road has left a big question mark. A state capital should have well maintained roads. If one inspects this portion of the road one will realise what made the road so deplorable. There is not even a few meters stretch of road that is worthy of being called a road. Engineers of PWD might be feeling ashamed of driving on this road. Yet they cannot recommend for speedy development of the road. Something is wrong somewhere. Does it have anything to do with the amalgamation of all powers of recommending road construction and repairing in the hands of the Ministers concerned? Fund starved PWD is feeling handicapped in taking up fresh work proposal and also in taking up repairing programme of all existing roads. Manipur revenue is almost nil. It relies heavily on the assistance given by the Union Government. Central Government gives fund for taking up fresh projects not for repairing of lane and by-lane road. Which also means that the state Government has to arrange fund for repairing of roads at Leikai. But the simple question arises how the state Government can manage fund for such road repairing work. It is a mammoth task, which cannot be taken up easily. Therefore steps have to be taken to increase the revenue of the state to enable it to look into the requirements, which come up cropping every day. Having said that the first priority of the Government should be to better road communication as it is the only means available to communicate between man and man. What we want to hear is people murmuring of the change brought to the state by the Government that has ruled the state for the last years. This Government is poised to rule another five years. There is no threat to this Government. Therefore it is time the focus is made on development. The rest is easy to tackle.
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