The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) and Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) are blaming each other for failure to restore dug up roads.
The two potholes in J.P. Nagar and Kammanahalli that led to two accidents in which one woman — a teacher — lost her life and a biker was seriously injured, have now been filled.
The pothole in Kammanahalli that led to the death of Jolly Abraham (45) was filled up by BBMP officials on Tuesday morning.
BWSSB issued a statement that they had restored the portion of the road that they had dug up recently to repair a leak, but BBMP officials claimed that the work was shoddy and resulted in a large pothole.
“In most cases, BWSSB and Bescom fill the portions of roads they dig up with loose earth, which comes away with just one rain. We have directed them multiple times to use wet mix, jelly powder and concrete for making up these roads, but in vain,” said K.T. Nagaraj, chief engineer, major roads, BBMP.
Rajesh, Executive Engineer, BBMP, South Zone, blamed the pothole in J.P. Nagar that led to a biker Ram Kumar (26) losing control and suffering head injuries, to shoddy work by Bescom. “Bescom officials had dug up the stretch recently. Though they had filled it up with mud, they had not used concrete or wet mix, which led to the mud sinking during the recent rains creating a large pothole. We will file a complaint with the Jayanagar Traffic Police against Bescom on Wednesday,” he said.
BBMP personnel and traffic police on Tuesday used wet mix to fill the two feet wide and half feet deep pothole. Mr. Rajesh said they would take up asphalting on Wednesday.
A senior Bescom official claimed to have restored the road but conceded that the mud might have become soft in the rains.
BBMP personnel and traffic police used wet mix to fill the two feet wide and half foot deep pothole
