Comedy of errors

There is misalignment in the efforts of public agencies that should be working together.

When it comes to digging up roads to lay electric cables or water and sewage pipes, the electricity authority, waterworks department and sewage management offices mostly don’t work in tandem. Just as the public sighs with relief when the road department applies fresh asphalt, a construction company enters the scene with a bulldozer or a drill. There is clear misalignment between the works of different agencies, which not only damages our infrastructure but also puts human lives at risk.