Engineers to foot the repair bill if Bengaluru roads are dug up illegally: BBMP

With the digging up of newly laid roads continuing to be a cause for concern in Bengaluru, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has warned that engineers will be made to pay up if they give permission to dig up roads before the liability period is over.

In a circular issued last week by the civic body, special commissioner (projects) P N Ravindra said the engineers would have to meet the expenses for restoring such roads.

The circular comes after many residents reported that newly laid roads were being dug up by several agencies and mobile and internet service providers. The digging up of roads is also affecting the government’s image ahead of the Assembly elections, according to a BBMP official, as civic issues are likely to be on the ballot in the 27 constituencies of Bengaluru.