PANJIM, April 2 -- Team Herald

In their rush to tar the roads and try to finish patchwork repairs by March 31, the Smart City authorities seem to have forgotten the debris dug up and left behind at many places in Panjim.

An O Heraldo inspection showed that stretches such as SV Road, from Geeta Bakery to DB Road Junction, the Market to DB Road and behind Signal Training Centre Headquarters, have huge piles of debris that have made movement for both, traffic and pedestrians,

difficult.

According to the residents at some locations the debris has been piling for a month and the contractors do not care to take it away.

Harun Sheikh, a shop owner in the market, said, "The debris has been here for a month now and customers hesitate to come ...