CAG report exposes fault lines in city’s underground utility mapping
An audit report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has laid bare the fault lines in the underground utility mapping in Bengaluru, which often result in damages to utility lines and additional expense to the public exchequer.
The UDD and the BBMP — the authorities responsible for regulating the right of way of utility lines — were required to put in place policies/regulations to facilitate orderly laying of underground utilities and their mapping.
The BBMP, responsible for permissions for road-cutting and excavations in Bengaluru, established an online system in September 2015 — called the ‘Multi-Agency Road Cutting and Coordination System’ — for road-cutting permissions.
