Fed up with apathy from politicians, bureaucrats and other government officials, a group of residents have begun fixing the potholes on the Kasavanahalli Main Road. And while doing so, they have also tweeted to Prime Minister N Modi, BJP National President Amit Shah, BBMP Mayor, and Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwar who is also the Bangalore Development Minister. There have been over 88 retweets of this and general outrage by the residents.
Tweeted Sudarshan: “Self Help is the only option. BBMP and BWSSB don’t act unless directed by Court or its a Natural Calamity.” Added Abhijeet Kumar Sinha: “The authorities (BBMP Mayor, BBMP Commissioner, Deputy CM, Mahadevapura MLA Arvind Limbavali, CM) have mastered the art of ‘Apathy’. The budget allocated for road repairs goes into the pockets of individuals. Bangalore is proud to have roads like that of the poorest countries of Africa.”
Ankita Goyal echoed their sentiments and said this categorically: When thick skinned authorities refuse to work, citizens have to do it themselves.”
One of the residents behind this self-help gesture Gopinath K said: “With our multiple follow-ups, they just dumped the concrete and stone powder, not sure how many more follow ups are required to lay the proper roads.”