he problem started two years back after gas lines by GAIL and water, sewage lines by BWSSB were laid simultaneously, but some of the dug up areas were left open.
For people living in two wards of Horamavu and Rammurthynagar of north Bengaluru, the rains in Bengaluru over the last two weeks have been more than inconvenient. Roads leading to their residences from the main road have turned into a pool of mud every time it has rained. If there is no mud on the roads, then the large craters on the roads trap cars. @BBMPCOMM @BBMP_MAYOR @DVSadanandGowda @CMofKarnataka @VoiceOfHoramavu No matter what happens to people living here you guys are least bothered. Location : NRI layout , phase-2 ,Near Jubilee school pic.twitter.com/POkKEJ7U0t — Venkata Sandeep Lade (@sandeeplade) October 28, 2019 The areas that are affected are those which were formerly outside the BBMP limits and were recently added as part of the 500 new villages. The localities include Kalkere Rammurthy Nagar, NRI Layout, Horamavu, Horamavu Agara, K Channasandra and some parts of Hennur. Following the rains, the roads have become almost unmotorable for cars and two-wheelers, and pedestrians are also finding it difficult to walk. This is because gas lines by GAIL (Gas Authority of India Ltd.) and water and sewage lines were being laid simultaneously by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) for the last two years. While work of laying water and sewage lines is over, the dug-up areas have still been left open by the BWSSB. Arunagiri, a resident-activist of Babusapalya, said, “The problem had started two years ago when hey first started digging for the Cauvery line and they just left the road with bad patchwork which made some parts of the road unmotorable. Again, they dug up another portion of the road for the underground drainage lines. But due to the lack of coordination between the various agencies and not breaking up the whole project into smaller areas, we have to face the situation. Now, almost the entire road is unusable. So if there is no rain we have dust. And if there is rain, it becomes difficult to travel by any mode because of the potholes and the mud.” He added, “If they would have taken up the work by dividing into areas, then each area could have been patched up at least as soon as the work got over. So when we ask BWSSB officials, they say project completion date is by 2021. Thankfully, they have patched up some areas for temporary relief, and we are also waiting for our neighbourhood roads to be repaired, as they said they have already called for the tender.” Recently, many of the resident welfare groups held protests starting from July, which led to the BBMP Commissioner BH Anil Kumar to take cognisance and assure the residents about a regular update on the progress of work. Following that, the Commissioner had also issued a short term tender to restore eight of the major roads. Prashanth Pawar, another resident-activist from K Narayanpura said, “Despite our repeated protests, there has been no action. The little patchwork that they had done is of very poor quality. With one rain, the potholes which were there before reappear. Especially the road leading to the Kristu Jayanti College is full of potholes, making it hard for any form of commute.” BBMP Zonal Major Roads Chief Engineer Raju said, “The situation will improve soon. We have begun restoration works. We can only begin tarring once the weather improves, otherwise the roads won’t last for long.”
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