Goa is likely to become the first state in the country to have 'road engineering cells' in its public works department (PWD) if the department's plans fructify on time.
The PWDis finalizing details to set up two cells in Goa and while an official deadline has not been set, the cells are expected to be functioning in one month's time.
Highly placed PWD officials confirmed that bowing to demands from various quarters, including the traffic police, the department has drawn up plans to set up two 'road engineering cells' for either district of Goa.
Whenever estimates for construction of roads are prepared, these will be submitted for the scrutiny of the road engineering cells. The cell will study the project and ensure that the geometrics are correctly designed from the safety point of view.
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The only problem is that such a road engineering cell is not in existence anywhere in India and therefore Goa does not have any model to follow. PWD higher-ups are therefore designing the cell and finalizing its functions from scratch.
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"Our engineers are capable of doing this on their own but they were not doing it due to constraints of land, etc. Now since many people are stressing on the need for a road engineering cell, we are moving forward," PWD chief engineer J S Borkar said.
Accordingly, two cells are being planned, one each for either district. Each cell will be headed by a superintending engineer. The cells will also have an executive engineer and other junior engineers and staff. The details are still being worked out because no data is available anywhere else in the country.
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