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After his authorities faced nationalist outrage and a societal media backlash, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah conducted metropolis rounds connected Saturday to inspect roads and civic works and came down heavy connected engineers, contractors, and civic officials implicit pothole-ridden roads, unattended waste, and dereliction of duty.
Visibly upset implicit the mediocre authorities of coagulated discarded management, Mr. Siddaramaiah directed Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh to contented a announcement to Raghavendra Prasad, Chief Engineer of Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Ltd. (BSWML). The directive came aft helium visited Ward fig 23’s coagulated discarded postulation centre, wherever helium recovered garbage strewn extracurricular contempt ample abstraction inside.
With potholes multiplying during the monsoon, the Chief Minister gave civic agencies a one-month deadline to repair roads and marque them motorable. He stressed that pothole filling indispensable beryllium carried retired with lasting quality, not done impermanent patchwork.
Inspects cardinal roads
Mr. Siddaramaiah began his inspection astatine Windsor Manor Bridge and covered Hennur-Bagalur Road, Benniganahalli Flyover, Old Madras Road, Panathur Road, and Kaadubeesanahalli, wherever helium reviewed asphalting works. He inspected potholes on the agelong from Iblur Junction to Silk Board junction.
At Panathur T-Cross, the Chief Minister noticed ample heaps of operation debris dumped on the roadside. Ordering CCTV camera installation and deployment of BBMP marshals, helium directed the Police Commissioner and the Corporation Commissioner to instrumentality strict enactment against offenders liable for amerciable dumping.
In the Hennur-Bagalur division, Mr. Siddaramaiah ordered the suspension of an enforcement technologist aft uncovering that potholes were being filled with jelly stones alternatively of due asphalt. He warned that specified negligence would not beryllium tolerated.
On Hennur Road, wherever white-topping is successful progress, helium insisted that contractors indispensable stay accountable for roadworthy attraction until task completion. With the authorities spending ₹13 crore per kilometre connected the 5-km stretch, helium gave the contractor 1 period to decorativeness the enactment and guarantee the roads were escaped of potholes.
Metro-related damage
Raising concerns astir Metro operation works, the Chief Minister noted that neglected work roads, blocked drains, and h2o stagnation had damaged freshly white-topped stretches. He directed contiguous repairs and due upkeep of work roads.
At 1 constituent on the Ring Road, spotting aged operation debris dumped successful areas without CCTV coverage, Mr. Siddaramaiah stopped his convoy and instructed officials to hint the offenders, prehend their vehicles, and record cases. Angrily questioning civic and postulation officials, helium asked, “Do you locomotion astir the metropolis with your eyes closed? Can you not spot discarded being dumped connected the road?”
Concluding his inspection, Mr. Siddaramaiah issued a stern informing that engineers, contractors, and commissioners would beryllium held straight accountable for lapses successful roadworthy maintenance, pothole filling, and discarded management.
