Bengaluru: While the state government has set September 30 as the deadline of the BBMP to ensure all the free roads of the hole and crater, an accident that leads to the death of senior citizens with the nearby disability of Ullal, West Bengaluru, arouses sharp reactions from citizens.
Many say the government and civil institutions must ensure the road does not turn into a death trap.
Some even emphasize the need for new laws that prescribe the term prison and penalty for the civil heads responsible for the death.
While political rhetoric is about increasing the rating of Bengaluru on the Livebility Index, the city’s poor streets reflect land reality.
The center of the city is full of broken stretches, while the periphery has not seen an asphal road for several years now.
“The asphalt quality used is very bad; every year there is a hole.
Why not make the road without a hole for at least several years,” asked VK Srivatsa, a resident of Balaji Layout in Kanakapura and Secretary General of Changemakers from the Kanakapura Road Association.
Vasantha Chandra from Malleswaram said even Hump and an unscientific crater was a threat.
“The BBMP doesn’t paint the hump right.
You won’t even know they are there until you go near them and it can be proven fatal,” Chandra said to Ti.
“Almost no way here’residen the area of ​​Bellandur and side by side said the definition of the hole is not enough to apply to their area because there is almost no way in the first place.
Wisnu Prasad, a member of Save Bellandur, said:” We can’t even get our car or walking On the road, especially when it rains.
“Priya Raghavan, a resident of Sanjaynagar, said the city body likes to waste taxpayers.” If we do not pay taxes, the BBMP punishes us.
Why don’t we start punishing officials for holes on the road, “he asked, before adding:” Engineers responsible for the road may understand the value of life only when we drill a hole in their pocket by imposing their heavy punishment.
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‘BBMP officials must be punished and imprisoned for accidents’
