A Bengaluru-based couple went viral on social media after a video of them filling up a pothole made rounds. The couple took the motion because the husband had met with a critical accident and escaped loss of life intently, a Twitter web page mentioned. The video exhibits them bringing a sack of soil to the accident spot and filling up the pothole.
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“As we speak morning Nagamani’s husband escaped a close to loss of life due to the pothole. Each husband spouse got here to pothole & full of soil for least, in order that no person will get injured or die. That is state of #NammaBengaluru roads, at the very least now get up @BBMPCOMM @BSBommai #SpeakUpBengaluru,” the Twitter web page wrote, and shared the video.
It additionally tagged chief minister Basavaraj Bommai and town’s civic physique Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) commissioner, IAS officer Tushar Giri Nath.
Based on the web page, the incident occurred in Bengaluru’s Malleshwaram space. The video has over 2,800 likes and over a thousand retweets on the time this text was being written. Nevertheless, Hindustan Occasions couldn’t independently confirm the video. It additionally triggered a recent debate on Twitter, with netizens accusing the BBMP of continued civic apathy.
“Salute to the Samaritans right here, however a disgrace for BBMP once more‼️ Get up !” one other residents’ voice web page wrote.
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Others pointed to the exponential progress of town and defended the authorities. “What r u making an attempt to say. When a metropolis grows vastly unprecedented progress these items will occur that too when a metropolis like Bangalore which has acquired a rain of 1800 mm rain twice the amount it receives usually. That is nothing however a khangress r aap twitter deal with,” the reply learn.
Bengaluru, the Silicon Valley of India, has seen a number of accidents attributable to potholes in the previous few months and recorded a number of deaths due to it. The town has develop into synonymous with unhealthy roads and crumbling infrastructure with officers beneath hearth again and again.