Hastily laid roads show potential for potholes during monsoon in Bengaluru

While many roads are getting asphalted on a war footing ahead of the Assembly polls and monsoon, citizens point to substandard gradation leading to multiple voids.

Experts warn that the voids would gradually blossom into potholes once the rains start.

Inadequate mixture of bitumen content was reported in parts of Mahalakshmi Layout, Magadi Road, Malleswaram, New BEL Road, HSR Layout, Gandhinagar, Shivajinagar, and CV Raman Nagar where the civic body recently laid new roads.

Experts blame inadequate gradation mix, design mix, and temperature for small voids on new roads. This issue worsens when mixtures are prepared at drum-mix plants.