Fed up with govt apathy, Bengaluru techie takes Rs 2.7 lakh loan to fill potholes
Fed up with the government’s “indifference” to their pleas to provide better civic amenities including filling potholes, ‘Citizens Group, East Bengaluru’ on Sunday launched a ‘NoDevelopmentNoTax’, a campaign to boycott paying property tax. Last week, members of the group got together and contributed funds to fix potholes on a 6km stretch in Halanayakanahalli, Muneshwara Layout and Choodasandra.
A 32-year-old techie, Arif Mudgal, a founder-member of the group, took a loan of Rs 2.7 lakh for the purpose. Mudgal told TOI he witnessed two accidents on Hosa Road a few days ago which prompted him to lend a hand. “A woman staying near my apartment sustained injuries when the auto she was travelling in toppled after it hit a pothole on Hosa Road,” said Mudgal.
