Yamini C S | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Authorities in Bengaluru re-laid a freshly laid highway after a Congress chief demonstrated its high quality by selecting aside the asphalt together with her naked palms. Components of the highway, within the metropolis’s HSR Structure, got here aside in a video recorded by the chief.
Kavitha Reddy, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee’s (KPCC) normal secretary, demonstrated the poor high quality of the highway, which she stated was laid lower than 10 days in the past. “Residents ought to resolve whether or not this highway is a 40 per cent fee highway or not,” she stated, taking a dig on the ‘40 per cent fee’ cost in opposition to the ruling BJP within the state.
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“Roads of Bommanahalli might be eliminated by hand actually, twenty eighth most important HSR Structure just lately asphalted highway says all of it! Corrupt MLA and 40 per cent sarkara are looting public cash!” she wrote on Twitter and shared the video.
She later shared photos of the highway after it was re-laid.
One other resident additionally flagged the same highway in Gandhinagar constituency, saying {that a} newly laid highway was peeling off. He shared images exhibiting a portion of the highway that was caving in, and added that although the highway was purported to be re-laid, solely patch work was achieved.
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These and a number of other different situations of crumbling infrastructure within the metropolis have prompted the opposition Congress to focus on chief minister Basavaraj Bommai’s authorities, criticising them for allegedly hiring contractors who’re accused of utilizing low-quality supplies to chop prices.
Karnataka is because of maintain an Meeting election subsequent 12 months. With a watch on that, the Congress has furthered their assaults by levelling allegations in opposition to authorities officers and even ministers of demanding a 40 per cent ‘fee’ to grant infrastructure tasks.