BBMP & BWSSB not on same page, 2,500km roads suffer

BENGALURU: Thanks to lack of coordination between civic agencies, when a road is relaid, it’s dug up within no time. For instance, soon after BBMP finishes road works, BWSSB digs them up.

After chief minister Basavaraj Bommai expressed concern over the deplorable condition of roads despite spending Rs 20,000 crore over the past five years, the two civic agencies are busy in a blame-game.

BBMP officials said the biggest challenges have been restoring 2,500 kilometres of road in outlying areas damaged by the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board and the inordinate delay in completing road works within the central business district under Smart City project. BWSSB officials claimed there is a consistent misrepresentation of facts by the Palike.