BENGALURU: BBMP Engineer-in-Chief S Prabhakar on Thursday tendered an unconditional apology before the Karnataka High Court for not appearing in person with regard to orders passed by the court over filling up of potholes, and filed an affidavit stating that he will be more careful and comply with all orders sincerely in future.
In the affidavit filed before the division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Suraj Govindaraj, Prabhakar stated that an agency which earlier provided advanced technology of hot mix to fill up potholes on a stretch of 182.38km, has been engaged for six months, and work had started on February 14. The affidavit stated that BBMP said the short-term tender has been issued, and will be opened in the first week of March.