Bengaluru road asphalted for Modi’s visit peels off in 2 days; PMO seeks answer from Bommai govt

A video that shows near-instant deterioration of Bengaluru roads that were newly asphalted to smoothen the travel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy during his recent visit has gone viral. Embarrassed by this infrastructure failure, the Prime Minister’s Office has sought a report from the Karnataka state government.

Modi was in the state capital as a part of his two-day Karnataka visit.

Officials from the PMO called the Chief Minister’s Office on Thursday, and asked the CMO to submit a report of the incident immediately, sources in the CMO said. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who was in the national capital in connection with the Presidential elections, directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit an explanation.