Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankaria
Repair and restoration of pothole riddled Bengaluru roads would be taken up on a war footing and “I myself will monitor the works after the end of current spell of showers in the city,” Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said here on Wednesday.
Speaking to media persons after participating in the Bengaluru Tech Summit he said,the continuous spell of rains in the city and other districts due to the depression in Bay of Bengal has left its trail of damage on Bengaluru roads.
“I have already held a meeting in this regard and issued necessary instructions for road repair works.”
Works would be taken up for comprehensive repair and improvement of roads in Bengaluru immediately after the current spell of rains.
Orders had been issued to utilise NDRF teams for relief works in low lying areas which have suffered damage to roads,houses and properties.
Four special teams of State Disaster Management Teams(SDRF) would be constituted for the purpose in Bengaluru,Bommai said.
Replying to a question on confusion between contractors who laid the roads and BBMP as to who should take up road repair works in the city following the rains, Bommai said,BBMP had been instructed to take up the works immediately if the concerned contractors fail to take up maintenance works immediately and deduct the cost incurred from the contractors later.
He also stated that the government had approved Rs.280cr for taking up Underground drainage works in 110 villages which were newly added to BBMP limits he added.
