Slamming the Public Works department (PWD) and the State government for the shoddy upkeep of roads, the Kerala High Court on Friday asked how many more people must die in accidents caused by potholes. The court observed this orally in the wake of a two-wheeler rider getting killed on Wednesday on the ill-maintained Aluva-Perumbavoor-Munnar Road.
He is the latest victim of potholed roads in the State. Questioning the efficiency of the department’s engineers, Justice Devan Ramachandran wondered why engineers had been posted in the department. People dying or suffering injuries due to inaction of engineers cannot be condoned, he said.
