The BBMP has said that the potholes in the city will be filled by November 10 (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: BCCL

Key Highlights The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has claimed that it will fix potholes in the city by November 10 As per a survey conducted by the civic body, there are 15,000 potholes in Bengaluru The contractors have been directed to fix the potholes in their wards before the deadline

Bengaluru: Earlier this week, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced that it would fix the potholes on Mumbai roads. The civic body also claimed that it would pay Rs 500 as compensation to citizens if their complaints were not taken up within 24 hours of being submitted. Following similar steps, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has also announced that it will be filling up potholes in the city.

The BBMP has said that the potholes will be filled by November 10 this year. According to a survey done by engineers of the BBMP, there are around 15,000 potholes in Bengaluru.

With a view to meet its own deadline of Nov 10, #BBMP has taken up pothole filling on a war-footing. Today across #Bengaluru, gangmen were at work in Agaram, HSR Layout, Arakere, Sanjaynagar 80 feet rd, RR Nagar, Garudachar palya & other areas.#BBMPCOMM pic.twitter.com/3vt9NAXNTi — B.H.Anil Kumar,IAS (@BBMPCOMM) November 1, 2019

Initially, the civic body was pinning the blame on the heavy rains in Bengaluru and no concrete action had been taken even after repeated complaints from the residents. Kheerthan Karunakar, a resident of Horamavu said, "It is almost like the government is preparing us for off-roading competitions when we see the condition of the roads in our area. It is high time that the concerned authorities work towards making all local roads navigable. "

Reportedly, the repair work was to begin in September this year. Somashekar, BBMP Chief Engineer for road widening said that the project was delayed as the road survey was conducted in October. Somashekar also blamed the heavy rains for the delay in the project. Somashekar said, "It is impossible to fill potholes during the rains. Even if we do, the asphalt will not stay. That is why we waited for the rain to stop. There was a small delay in conducting the survey but it was completed in October and the survey was not done in all the zones. We have started the repairs now. "

BH Anil Kumar, BBMP commissioner said that strict instructions have been given to the contractors to fill up the potholes. A warning has also been issued to the contractors that if they do not follow the instructions given by the civic body, they will be blacklisted.