The commissioners appointed by the Karnataka High Court have just now wound up their visit of HSR Layout to check the status of potholes. As reported earlier, a group of proactive residents across Bangalore filed a public interest litigation about the shoddy state of potholes in the city. Based on that, the court gave a deadline to the BBMP last month. Later, the civic body claimed that there were zero potholes in several zones, including Bommanahalli.
18th Cross, Sector 7, HSR Layout
In response to an appeal by the petitioners, Residents Watch provided pictures of some glaring potholes that we came across. Those pictures were submitted to the court. And again, a day before the hearing on October 23, we took pictures of the potholes we had submitted earlier to prove that their condition hadn’t changed despite the court ruling. This morning, the commissioners toured the city’s areas, including HSR Layout, to look at it themselves. After the tour, they have declared that some roads that we had identified require the relaying of the entire stretch and not just pothole filling. That’s even better for the residents living in those areas.
If you have come across glaring potholes, Whatsapp us (98805-85748), so we could highlight those as well. Just remember that they have to be of the existing potholes and not something shot a month ago, because things could have changed now.
