A road that was promised to last 100 years barely has survived for 100 days. Photo Credit: BCCL A road that was promised to last 100 years barely has survived for 100 days.

Bengaluru: Months after Bengaluru’s Church street got a makeover, Mirror Now went for a reality check and found shocking results. The road was reconstructed using Rs10 crore in March this year. The road’s condition was abysmal and chunks of the road were coming out. The project was supposed to be completed within six months but multiple deadlines were crossed by the civic authorities.



The dilapidated condition of the new road shows the height of negligence of the civic authorities. The mayor of Bengaluru, Sampath Raj, pointed out that the lifespan of the cobblestone planted on the Church Street is 100 years. But clearly, within three months of revamping Church Street, the road was unmaintained, the cobblestones were coming out and some of them were even cracked.

Church Street has witnessed a lot of controversy in last one year over delayed work of road construction. It took months for authorities to complete the assigned task whereas the deadline was given for six months. Just a week before Karnataka Assembly Election 2018 – the authorities tried to speed up the work. Moreover, the authorities named it as one of the best roads of India as along with cobblestones, they had also incorporated an art style for the construction of the road.



According to activists, there is major corruption involved in the construction of the road which has led to the abysmal current condition. To construct just one kilometre of road, nearly Rs 11 crore was spent and just after three months, the road is in pathetic condition. A road that was promised to last 100 years barely has survived for 100 days.



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