Bengaluru North Corporation clears 7-km ORR stretch covered in metro dust

Bengaluru: Bengaluru North City Corporation conducted a midnight cleaning drive on Saturday along a 7.1-km stretch of the Outer Ring Road, from Ramamurthy Nagar bridge to Veerannapalya Junction.

The road was covered with dust and debris from ongoing metro construction.

The drive followed an inspection by Corporation Commissioner Pommala Sunil Kumar, who said that 75 auto-tippers, 16 tractors, two compactors, two jetting machines, four mechanical sweepers, and three JCBs were deployed for large-scale desilting and waste clearance.

Such was the state of the stretch that the corporation claimed to have removed 28 tonnes of silt using 16 tractors, 18 tonnes of garbage, and several tree branches; 11 bus stops were cleaned using jetting machines.

“About 375 pourakarmikas of Sarvagna Nagar division were part of the drive,” the press note said.

Meanwhile, residents urged the corporation to consider white-topping service roads, even short stretches of 100 metres, at spots where potholes frequently appear — particularly near the Hennur police station, Ramamurthy Nagar bridge, and Kasturinagar bus stop.