Bengaluru: In view of the opposition attack over nearly four deaths caused by rain-battered roads and potholes in Bengaluru this month, the Congress party has sought a report from the S Siddaramaiah-led government in Karnataka.
Saturday quoted Congress sources as saying that party vice president Rahul Gandhi has sought a report from the Karnataka government on issue of deaths in Bengaluru due to potholes and incessant rains.
It further claimed that KC Venugopal, the AICC in-charge for Karnataka, is in consultation with the Chief Minister and the concerned ministry over the matter.
The development comes days after the main opposition party – BJP – held a massive protest in the city condemning the deaths caused due to potholes and attacked the Congress government for failing to ensure proper infrastructure.
On Sunday, 47-year-old Radha Ajanappa was run over by a truck near Nayandahalli. Her nephew, too, had tried to avoid a pothole when they were hit.
On October 4, Anthony Joseph, 55, and his wife Sagai Mary, 52, died in a similar road accident on the Mysuru Road flyover.
Commenting on the issue, former chief minister and BJP state unit president BS Yeddyurappa had tweeted that he was saddened by these deaths. “While (the Karnataka chief minister is) busy in corruption, innocent people paying with their lives for (Siddaramaiah’s) incompetency.”
Meanwhile the Chief Minister has blamed heavy monsoon rains for the damaged roads.
The government later gave Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike10 days to fill over 15,000 potholes in the city.
Bengaluru urban district has received 45% excess rainfall since the beginning of the southwest monsoon, according to the Karnataka state natural disaster monitoring centre.
Monsoon rain and frequent flooding over the last few months have battered Bengaluru’s roads, and, if the city’s civic body is to be believed, there are currently more than 15,000 potholes in the city.
Bureau Report
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