Infra is collapsing, government is meandering

A correspondent sent me a longish and anguished e-mail with a request. Please take a break from political commentary and take note of what is going around in a sector that involves the citizens basic right to three things: decent infrastructure, mobility and ease of travel. Infra is falling apart, the e-mail said, and the government agencies concerned, instead of issuing prompt notices to proceed (NTP) to green light road improvement and expansion works, have been literally issuing notices to delay.

After all, he intoned, the freedom of mobility is a subsidiary of the basic and fundamental rights of citizens.