This YouTuber Used A Quirky 70's Song To Draw Attention To The Pothole Situation In Goa!

Potholes wreak havoc in cities across India and it's become a popular subject for songs, satirical skits and stand up comedy.

Despite repeated complaints, officials don't really act on it. Even if they do, more often than not, the repair work done is so shoddy that half a dozen drops of rain are able to wreck everything. So what do frustrated residents do? Well, bear the brunt of bumpy roads and pray for the authorities to take note of it.

In a bid to get government authorities to do something about the bad roads in Goa, a YouTuber named Cecille Rodrigues posted a quirky song on potholes.

The song takes inspiration from the famous Konkani pop singer Lorna Cordeiro¡¯s 70s number Bebdo. The original Bebdo is about a woman singing of the woes of being married to an alcoholic.

Goa-based YouTuber Cecille Rodrigues created the Rosto song by simply replacing the lyrics with the issue of potholes. It is all about the deplorable condition of the roads in the city - a problem that's a little too embarrassing given the number of tourists who flood the place in every year.

The lyrics implore the Government to sit up and take notice of the situation and do something about it.

She sings telling them that 'we voted them into power to take care of us!'

Reports state that the government in bid to solve situation started a social media-based grievance redressal system, wherein shout-out on a special WhatsApp number can now get potholes fixed.

PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar told reporters in Panaji on Thursday that "People can send us photographs and a global positioning system location of specific potholes and we will get them fixed. All they need to do is, send us a WhatsApp message on 7796667373. Mobile teams from our department will immediately carry out site inspections and fix the potholes."

"Photographs of potholes on social media and videos of people arguing with our department's engineers trying to repair the roads are defaming Goa online," Pauskar told IANS

The Goa government, specifically Pauskar, had come under fire for poor maintenance of roads in Goa, during the monsoon season.