No end to woes: BBMP’s many pothole filling deadlines fall flat

BENGALURU: The many deadlines that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike (BBMP) has fixed to get rid of the city’s many potholes seem to be only empty words. Recently, 43-year-old Bhavesh Jardosh, an engineering manager, fractured his elbow, and sustained bruises after he fell due to a pothole near Anjaneya Complex on Old Airport Road.

“The incident happened at 10 am while I was heading to work. I notice the pothole every day, but I try to avoid it. However, this time, a rider in front of me tried to avoid the pothole and swerved to the side. As he moved, he hit my bike and I fell and injured myself. It is not the rider at fault, but the pothole. Passersby took me to a nearby hospital,” said Jardosh.