Ahead of Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu’s visit to the city, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday pressed into action its mechanised pothole-filling machine to level road surfaces that have got a number of patches.
While Naidu’s visit was postponed at the last minute, BBMP officials maintain they were undertaking 'routine work'.
A pothole-filling machine was seen fixing poorly maintained stretches that get regularly asphalted each time there is a VIP visit.
Anticipating the VIP visit, a large number of police personnel were also deployed along Cubbon Road on Tuesday afternoon.
A senior BBMP official said that Tuesday's work has nothing to do with the VIP visit.
“It is a pure coincidence. We had recently extended the contract period given to the Python-5000 machines by six months. Simultaneously, we floated fresh tenders to select a new firm to take up the job of fixing 180 km of arterial roads on a regular basis,” he said.
The BBMP had recently repaired Cubbon Road on account of the Republic Day celebrations held at the Manekshaw Parade Ground.
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(Published 22 February 2022, 19:32 IST)
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