B S Prahlad, engineer-in-chief of BBMP, said the civic body has planned to completely asphalt nearly 3,000 km of roads in the next five months, which also coincides with the preparations for state assembly elections.
Citing the recent affidavit submitted to the High Court, Prahlad said the BBMP plans to asphalt 427 km of arterial roads in the next 90 dry days. “We have also received funds to fully tar 2,500 km of ward roads. The plan is to complete the work in the next five months. This is also the assurance we have given to the court,” he said.
Prahlad, however, admitted that the civic body does not have grants to asphalt all bad roads.
