Submit work plan on pothole repair works, HC directs BBMP

The high court on Thursday directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to submit a work plan by March 5, detailing the roads where potholes have to be repaired.

A division bench headed by Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi passed this order after the BBMP informed that it has called for a short-term tender for the procurement of automatic pothole-filling machines.

When the matter was taken up for hearing, BBMP engineer in-chief S Prabhakar was produced before the bench. The bench had issued a bailable warrant against him for non-appearance in the previous hearing. The officer tendered an unconditional apology and submitted that he could not appear as he was unwell.