BWSSB digs up road fixed just 13 days ago after years of protest

The BWSSB has dug up the busy 6th Crossroad in OMBR Layout just a fortnight after the BBMP laid the stretch that had remained in disrepair for two years.

Following a report in DH, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) had repaired the road, leaving residents and commuters elated after two years of hardship. But to their utter dismay, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) workers dug up the road again for a new project.

“The road had been unmotorable since 2019 when BWSSB began laying water pipeline,” OMBR Layout resident Amith Nigli said. “After DH highlighted the road’s condition and subsequent media attention, the BBMP restored the road, and it was levelled up by December 4. But BWSSB has been digging up the road again since December 11.”