Display board with work details installed on road
The Hindu
The installation of display boards in Kothamangalam that contain details such as the defect liability period of each road, the name of the contractor and phone numbers of the contractor and assistant
The installation of display boards in Kothamangalam that contain details such as the defect liability period of each road, the name of the contractor and phone numbers of the contractor and assistant engineer concerned, was inaugurated by Antony John, MLA.
The board also has details like the PWD’s toll-free number 1800 425 7771, the total length of the road and where it begins and ends. The motto “Janangal kazhchakkaralla, kaavalkaraanu” (people are not mere onlookers, they are protectors of roads) is written on the board.
This is as part of a State-wide drive to hold contractors and officials accountable for the condition of roads in the wake of a public outcry over the plight of innumerable arterial and side roads.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.