Potholes dot City roads after pre-monsoon rain

Monsoon is yet to arrive but the recent spell of heavy rain was enough to expose the poor quality of roads which have been washed away leaving behind many back-breaking potholes across the City.

 

Motorists are having a tough time negotiating the crater-size potholes in many parts of Bengaluru. 

While a deep trench surfaced on the Church Street, a prime location in the City, a deep pit has emerged on Kuvempu Road between Navarang Theatre and Malleswaram. 

Big crater-size potholes are posing danger to motorists on Bannerghatta Road near the Dairy Circle. Many potholes have come up from the M Chinnaswamy Stadium to Vittal Malya Road. 

Kanakapura Road near Deepak Nursing Home, Sarakki and Yelachenahalli are a motorist’s nightmare. 

Other roads which bore the brunt of the torrential rain in the last few days are Okalipuram, Mysuru Road, the road near the Seshadripuram police station, Magadi Road near Sunkadakatte, Basaveshwaranagar near a marriage hall, the road behind the Kamakshipalya police station, the road near the General Post Office on Ambedkar Veedhi, Johnson Market, Shivajinagar, New BEL Road, Sanjaynagar Main Road near RMV Hospital and Cunningham Road. 

Business has begun to suffer. Nazeer, who sells antique coins on Church Street, said the bad road had affected his business. “A small space has been given to me for business which is getting affected due to the waterlogging. Customers hesitate to stand on the road fearing the moving vehicles would splash dirty water onto them and spoil their clothes,” he said. 

Denting City’s imageChurch Street is considered to be the signature location of what is projected as ‘Brand Bengaluru’. It has many hotels and food joints. But the bad road and drains have dented its image. On other days, the road reeks of bad smell, but during the rainy season, even walking on it becomes difficult. 

The substandard quality of road work has thrown a challenge to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) administration which is tasked with setting right a majority of 13,070 km roads spread across 800 sq km across the City as it faces municipal elections in three months.