Pothole complaints on Bengaluru local roads ignored, finds study
An analysis of data from the BBMP’s FixMyStreet app revealed that a whopping 61 per cent of complaints were related to roads less than 12 metres wide.
Despite citizens complaining about local roads, the BBMP lavished funds on repairing potholes in arterial and sub-arterial roads.
Analysis of the app data that mainly registers pothole-related complaints is the outcome of a data jam exercise conducted by Open City, a programme of Oorvani Foundation, along with Janaagraha and Ward Samithi Balaga.
During Monday’s exercise, volunteers studied the BBMP’s budgets, work orders and other public data to analyse how the civic body was managing its funds.
