The Hindu 26.06.2013
13,000 potholes to be filled in 10 days
Did you know that the total number of potholes on the prominent roads in Bangalore had touched about 33,000 recently?
Disclosing this to presspersons, Bangalore city in-charge Minister Ramalinga Reddy said on Tuesday that of the 33,000 potholes, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike had so far filled up about 20,000. “The BBMP Commissioner has told me that the remaining 13,000 potholes will be filled up in seven to 10 days from now,” said the Minister who held a meeting with heads of all the civic agencies in Bangalore to bring about better co-ordination in their functioning.
Mr. Reddy said the BBMP authorities had been directed to forward the proposal regarding recruiting 4,000 pourakarmikas to the Urban Development Department for further action.
Expressing concern over the civic works getting affected due to the trend of the BBMP taking up transfer of its employees throughout the year, the Minister said he had set a deadline of June-end for completing the process of staff transfer for the civic agency. Only emergency transfers would be allowed after this, he said.
The Bangalore Urban District Deputy Commissioner had been instructed to provide Rs. 10 crore to the BBMP towards taking up relief works, he said.
Expressing concern over paucity of funds affecting the maintenance of its flyovers by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), Mr. Reddy favoured handing over them to the BBMP for better maintenance.
Similarly, the BDA had been told to handover some of its tanks to Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL). However, he did not specify the exact number of tanks to be handed over to the BMRCL.
