CM directs BBMP to fill potholes in 15 days

BENGALURU - KARNATAKA - 08/10/2017 : Dangerous ride... the ongoing Metro construction work and heavy rains have turned the stretch of road from Nayandahalli towards Rajarajeshwarinagar Gate unmotorable, on Bengaluru - Mysuru road, in Bengaluru on October 08, 2017. Today, a woman riding pillion was killed on the spot and the rider injured when both slipped from the scooter while trying to negotiate a bad road near Nayandahalli Metro station. Photo: K. Murali Kumar

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been given a deadline of 15 days to fill all the potholes in the city.

The new deadline was set by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who inspected Mysuru Road, along with Bengaluru Development Minister K.J. George and BBMP officials on Monday afternoon.

According to sources, the Chief Minister has directed the BBMP officials to fill the potholes even if it is raining. The BBMP officials has blamed the heavy rains lashing the city for the deplorable condition of Bengaluru’s roads and had maintained that the roads could be fixed only after the rains stopped. They had claimed that if roads are asphalted during the rains, it wouldn’t last.

However, after being pulled up recently by Mr. George, the BBMP officials decided to use cold mix, instead of hot mix, to asphalt the potholed roads.

Meanwhile, BBMP officials claimed that three ‘Python’ pothole fixing machines had been put to work in the city.

Over the past two weeks, three deaths have been reported on the potholed Mysuru Road.