HC appoints panel to check BBMP’s pothole filling claim

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 25th September, 2018

Summary:

Commission visits YelahankaThe court commission appointed by the High Court to verify BBMP’s claims visited Yelahanka on Monday evening. For long-time residents, the High Court order may bring with it a sense of deja vu. He argued that since the civic body had, in an affidavit to the High Court, promised to implement the recommendations, the court must now initiate contempt proceedings against civic officials. The then Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) argued it cannot implement five recommendations and submitted an affidavit to the High Court saying they will implement the remaining 107 recommendations. While no potholes were found, they pointed to the poor quality of work, which had seen even covered potholes open up..