BENGALURU: Following the tragic death of a 27-year-old who was riding a bike that hit a pothole, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to conduct a survey of all major roads in the Central Business District (CBD) area in three days and carry out filling up or repair work on war-footing in 15 days.
A division bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice SR Krishna Kumar orally observed that it feels guilty whenever they see reports of accidental deaths due to bad roads after the court was informed about the incident on Sunday night in city when the public interest litigation filed by Vijayan Menon and others were taken up for hearing. The BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta and Engineer-in-chief S Prabhakar were also present.
