White topping in progress: Heavy vehicles cannot use CMH Road

White-topping work is in progress on CMH Road. Therefore, the authorities have asked heavy vehicle users to avoid the stretch from Ulsoor to Double Road, Indiranagar. Instead, they will have to use the junctions at Adarsh, Anjaneya and Double Road to reach CMH Road.

The residents believe that the BBMP would have done well to asphalt bad roads rather than good roads. According to resident Ganesh, “The current condition of the road is good by Bengaluru standards”, but also points out that the stretch was re-surfaced less than a year ago.

Instead of CMH Road, the BBMP could have tarred the bad roads in the neighbourhood. Ganesh highlights the sad condition of the stretch from Old Madras Road near Ulsoor lake till Indiranagar 100 ft road. “If white topping was done there, it would be much better,” he tweeted to the authorities.

In addition, the residents want the speed breakers to be minimal to ensure traffic flow. “Even after white topping, as long as they keep adding speed breakers on roads with “buy one get two” offer for every 50 meters, whatever topping is done will not help to reduce congestion on roads,” says Ganesh. For example, Ganesh cites white topping of one stretch on Outer Ring Road. “One single speed breaker would cause more than half a kilometre of traffic near Kasturi Nagar, towards Hebbal,” he says.