Tired of trying to draw the attention of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to the poor condition of roads in their locality, residents of Medharahalli in north Bengaluru’s Shettihalli ward have staged a protest by planting paddy in the slush that was once a main road in the area.
The Medarahalli main road has been in a dilapidated condition after various civic agencies dug it up one after the other without any coordination. “In 2018, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) dug up the road to lay Cauvery water supply lines and drainage lines but the BBMP failed to carry out asphalting work afterwards. We planted paddy because there was no way left to draw their attention,” said former panchayat member K Somashekar.
