Are Governments accountable????

We decide our rulers based on the promises they make and credibility they display with their plans for the country,city etc., They may deliver some,may not some promises and come back in next election for the votes. Most of them take up populist developmental works in the last 1-2 years of the tenure, as they believe that public memory is very short and may not remember the work done in first 2 years. Again, they takeup populist developmental works that can bring them into power and not those needed by majority.Again we vote to find ourselves cheated and waiting for the development. I was wondering if we have any recourse and should we have frequent elections which can keep rulers on toes and deliver. Not feasible as it involves huge cost. What else is the recourse??Should rulers have accountability???The money we earn,save or spend most of the times depends on the developmental works taken up by governments. Just for an example,take roads.If a city has better roads we can maintain decent speeds, no bumper to bumper traffic and ultimately saving in money and time as we can get better mileage in whatever vehicle you drive, car bike or public transport. What are governments doing to the citizens by not giving good roads? We spend more and wait for long wasting both money and time. If the governments vouch that they work for the welfare of the people, isnt it correct for them to work towards development that helps the majority people? When they couldnt help us save fuel and money with better roads, do they have a right to punish us by raising fuel prices? This is just an example and the same can be discussed about anything that matters in our lives. My point here is to discuss on accountability of the governments for the BASIC development we can expect and to stress on overall development and not just populist votebank based development. When we buy a TV and if it breaks down in reasonably less time,we sue the company for not able to deliver on the promises they made. Government is educating us by suggesting us to take up with consumer forum and Jaago graahak Jaago. When the rulers who can change fate of people and country dont perform...dont deliver and makes lives miserable,do we have a consumers forum to sue them??? Do we have any tool to counter " THE ONCE IN 5 YEARS" shield the politicians use to fool people????