Bengaluru : Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Monday defended his government’s handling of Bengaluru’s battered roads, claiming civic teams are filling thousands of potholes per day despite heavy rain.
I toured Delhi yesterday. The media should see how many potholes there are on the Prime Minister’s residence road, he told reporters, adding that poor roads are a nationwide problem. I want to tell big IT companies these potholes are everywhere. But we have to do our duty to close them. This is the system across India. The remarks come amid rising concern over Bengaluru’s crumbling infrastructure and criticism from Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, who recently called the tech hub a city of potholes.
Shivakumar last week dismissed worries about companies threatening to leave Bengaluru, saying the government was “least bothered about threats or blackmailing.” He highlighted the city’s talent pool, over 25 lakh engineers and about two lakh foreign professionals, as proof of its continued global appeal. The Deputy Chief Minister said contractors have been given a final deadline to fill potholes by November and announced Rs 1,100 crore for citywide road repair and construction.
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