Potholes on Bengaluru roads are monuments of corruption: AAP

Protesting the delay in filling up potholes and highlighting road users’ plight, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday staged a unique protest by holding ‘Pothole Habba’ in various parts of the city.

AAP workers garlanded the potholes and planted paddy saplings to draw the civic authorities’ attention to the poor condition of roads.

Referring to the state government’s own admission that it had spent a staggering Rs 20,000 crore on repairing roads in Bengaluru in the last five years, the party’s state convenor, Prithvi Reddy, said that it was ironic that roads in the city were so pathetic. “Deaths and accidents due to potholes have become common,” he said.