Bengaluru: Newly asphalted roads in Bengaluru East City Corporation limits must not be dug up for at least a year, officials have been told, as the civic body seeks closer coordination with utilities on road restoration and recurring subsidence.
Additional Commissioner (Development) Lokhande Snehal Sudhakar issued the direction at a road-restoration review meeting involving corporation officials and agencies including BWSSB, KPTCL and BESCOM. The commissioner expressed dissatisfaction over delays in carrying out earlier instructions and directed officials to prioritise pending works.
Utility-cut stretches ordered to be repaired
Officials were told to immediately restore locations dug up by BWSSB at Seegehalli, Basavanapura, Outer Ring Road near Udupi Sannidhi Hotel, Green Glen Layout, Bellandur Main Road and Devarabeesanahalli, and submit a report to the corporation.
The meeting called for coordinated restoration of damaged stretches, prompt attention to potholes and subsidence, and technical measures to prevent repaired roads from sinking again.
Drainage defects and waterlogging under review
At a drainage connection in front of Nexus Mall, where water was flowing backwards, officials were directed to provide a connection with an appropriate gradient. The commissioner instructed the corporation to recover costs from the agency responsible for poor-quality work and undertake road restoration itself.
BWSSB, B-SMILE and other agencies were asked to jointly inspect recurring water stagnation at Kamadhenu Nagar and the Hydrosite Corridor–Varthur Road junction and identify a technical solution. Directions also covered precast manholes, correcting manhole levels and identifying the stormwater-drain boundary near the Varthur Kodi–Balagere sewage treatment plant.
Coordination before further excavation
BESCOM and BWSSB were told to protect water pipelines during cable installation. Officials were also directed to prevent further subsidence on Varthur Kodi Road, complete pending water-leakage, underground-drainage and restoration works, and submit progress reports with completion timelines.
The corporation also asked officials to examine proposals for declaring private roads public, with prior town-planning approval and technical inspections. These were directions for further examination, rather than an announcement that the roads had already been declared public.
About the Author
