After building poor road, contractor bags plum project worth Rs 99 cr

BENGALURU: While the dust is yet to settle on the shoddy road work done during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June visit to Bengaluru, the contractor in question, Ramesh S, has been given a plum contract worth several crores of rupees. It may be recalled that the peeling road tar had left BBMP red-faced. Ramesh, who was fined Rs 3 lakh for shoddy work in Kengeri and Kommaghatta, is executing BDA’s Visvesvaraya Layout’s development work worth several crores.