Bengaluru: Jonack J Gupta, Deputy President of the Electronic Company, which is used to travel in his magnificent BMW.
But now he travels with a simple car, thanks to the poor condition of the main road connecting Rayasandra, where he lives, with Hosa Road he must take to go to the office.
Rayasandra is a solid population in Southeast Bengaluru with many apartments and villas.
Residents must take the main road to reach Hosa Road and head to the electronic city and so on.
But the main road is full of craters, pose a threat not only on the bones and joints of the user, but also their vehicle shock absorbers.
More than 1,000 people, including school children, use Rayasandra Main Road which has been in bad condition for more than one and a half years now.
It takes more than 20 minutes to cross the 1.5km stretch to reach Hosa Road.
The population jokes that there is no way they can leave their vehicle and walk stretch when negotiating a hole calling for dancer skills.
The hole is getting bigger and deeper on that day.
Continuous rain for the past few weeks has worsened things.
“We pay taxes to the government.
I pay Rs 14-15 lakh tax for registration of my new car.
Every day, we hear at least one person falling from two-wheeled vehicles.
Things have become very dangerous,” Jonack said.
Last week, three women met an accident on the road.
“A woman fell from her bicycle and was seriously injured.
We rushed to the hospital.
We didn’t even let our children go outside,” said Ravi Bhavsar, a resident of the apartment Jana Jeeva Splendor in Rayasandra.
“Often, workers come and throw sand in the hole and leave.
But the hole returned in a short time,” he said.
Jonack said the Rayasandra’s population association approached BBMP and Rayasandra Gram Panchayat demanded a solution.
Some people have been brought to social media and upload videos from a bad road.
“I fell yesterday and suffered severe ankle sprains.
Will the BBMP be responsible if something happens to us?” Tweeted Swathi Gupta, a resident.
Other residents, Kannan, said he began walking back pain on the road.
Shanta Babu, former Corporator Ward Singasandra, where the road part fell, blamed civil agents to fall apart.
“BWSSB starts some work but does not solve it.
Even though we have money, we cannot do anything because they will explore the way again.
The road can be repaired once they finish their work,” he said.