https://youtu.be/c9xwVQx55TA
The BBMP contractor assigned to redo all the footpaths and drains in HSR Layout made a careless mistake a few months ago that will cost him lakhs of rupees. This video recording of the scene captures the story for you. Check it out. Now, here is the back story. The contractor broke all the tiles laid over the stormwater drain by three shopkeepers on 27th Main Road in Sector 1. Before he realised that he was to only relay the tiles on the footpath and not on the stormwater drain, the damage was done. The tiles in front of three shops were completely removed and the new tiles were partially laid in front of one store, when the contractor realised his folly and stopped the work immediately. The contractor did not touch the adjacent shop’s tiles as they were on an elevation. If he had done so, it would have costed him a lot more. However, the damage is done and the contractor has no recourse but to repair it. “Whether it costs Rs 1 lakh or Rs 5 lakh, the contractor has to relay the tiles as BBMP is not going to give him any money for his mistake,” said a senior BBMP official to Residents Watch. Five months ago, P Panduranga, the BBMP contractor, informed Residents Watch that he would fix the tiles, but only after the BBMP clears all his bills. But till date, he claims that the BBMP has only partially cleared them. The wait was only getting longer, so the shopkeeper himself relaid the same tiles that were removed as he could not keep waiting for the BBMP to do its job. Though he was not able to fix the tiles as well they should be, it is still better than just red soil. Will the contractor relay the tiles properly and will the BBMP do its job remains to be seen.