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With monsoon showers exposing Bengaluru’s perennial roadworthy and drainage problems, Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao connected Monday said officials person been directed to deploy pothole-filling machines and guarantee roads crossed the metropolis are made pothole-free astatine the earliest.
Speaking to reporters aft reviewing white-topping and buffer roadworthy projects, Mr. Rao said the highest fig of complaints received truthful acold relates to waterlogging. He said GBA has identified and inspected large stormwater drains along nearly 1,500 kms of arterial roads and completed astir 70% of desilting works to forestall flooding. “We person instructed officials to proceed the enactment until each identified areas are covered. So far, determination person been nary large instances of waterlogging,” helium said.
Following caller rains, much than 80 locations requiring contiguous involution person been identified. Mr. Rao said officials person been instructed to usage pothole-filling machines and cold-mix material such as Ecofix to transportation retired repairs. Batch-mix plants volition besides beryllium utilized where required, portion a much intensive pothole repair thrust volition beryllium undertaken erstwhile upwind conditions improve, helium said.
He said each corporations person been directed to code complaints immediately, whether received through the app or straight from residents. Most of the identified waterlogging-prone locations are in the Central, South and North corporations, and the postulation constabulary person besides been informed to coordinate effect measures.
He further said white-topping works covering 58.6 km of roads astatine a outgo of ₹800 crore person achieved 56.1% progress, with 28.18 km completed. Another bundle covering 66.28 km of roads astatine a outgo of ₹900 crore has recorded 46.43% progress, with 26.4 km completed. Overall, the projects person achieved 51% progress.
