Bengaluru: The Bengaluru East City Corporation has finally taken up the repair of three roads that had been in a dilapidated condition for years.
These stretches are Panathur Road, Balagere Main Road and Vibgyor School Road.
While the corporation has asphalted two roads, it has taken up white-topping on Balagere Main Road. Residents of the area have long raised concerns about the poor condition of these stretches, which also lack proper roadside drains.
Clement Jayakumar, a member of the Mahadevapura Taskforce collective, said additional grants were needed to asphalt many damaged stretches in Mahadevapura.
He noted that no grants had been provided for Munnekolala and the 150-foot CDP roads. “So far, the corporation has asphalted Panathur Road from the ORR to the railway underpass and is white-topping Balagere Road. To ease congestion, these roads need to be widened up to Varthur,” he said.
The quality of asphalting on Panathur Road has also come under the scanner, with gaps in the paved surface indicating incorrect gradation of asphalt.
Vehicle users fear that the roadwork may not last long.