BBMP chief does surprise road repair check

Following pothole filling works undertaken at the roads of East Zone of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), Vinoth Priya, South Zonal Commissioner had spearheaded road repair works at BTM Layout on Tuesday. This follows with Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister D K Shivakumar’s orders to fill all the potholes of the city within 15 days, failing which the officials would be suspended.

Those residing in the south zone have posted their complaints of road potholes via the Sahayaa app. According to the records maintained by the civic body, 379 out of 438 pothole complaints via the pothole app have been closed. In a total out of 599 complaints received from various sources, 151 of them are yet to be closed. The zone comprises of 1746 kilometres of roads. The BBMP has identified 75.30 km of road to be asphalted immediately, Priya told reporters.

On the other hand, Chief Commissioner of the BBMP Tushar Girinath conducted a surprise inspection of roads in the Central Business District (CBD). the road near War Memorial Junction at Shanthala Nagar, roads in victoria layout, were inspected by Girinath. He also visited the Vasanthnagar area and instructed officials to fill the potholes immediately. Girinath, along with the Managing Director of BMRCL Maheshwar Rao reviewed the road at Hebbal Junction.