Road works only after utilities are laid: Bommai

No road development work will be taken up in Bengaluru until all utilities, including optical fibre cables (OFC), are put in place so as to prevent stretches from being dug up, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai told the Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday.

He announced this decision during question hour when Hebbal MLA BS Suresh (Byrathi) complained that roads in his constituency had been dug up indiscriminately to lay OFC.

“We’ve taken a new decision that no road will be developed unless all clearances are taken and works on utilities are completed. BWSSB, Bescom, OFC…we will ask them if their things are in place to make sure the road won’t be dug up,” Bommai, who holds the Bengaluru City Development portfolio, said.