Summary:
The pothole verification in a locality near Kogilu Cross ended at 8.30pm.The court had permitted two IISc scientists, whose services the BBMP had availed for execution of the work, to accompany the commissioners. Of them, Mahadevapura had 709 potholes, East zone 68, West zone 21, South zone 71, Bommanahalli 321, Dasarahalli 125, RR Nagar 55, Yelahanka 379 and road infrastructure zone 417.A clear picture is likely to emerge on Tuesday when the court takes up the matter They expressed their inability citing the short notice.When the hearing began in the morning, the BBMP counsel informed the court that 90% of the task of filling potholes had been accomplished and the work was continuing because new potholes were discovered. He submitted photographs and a status report on the completed work.On instructions from his officer and engineers, Sreenidhi told the court that in seven of 44 wards in Malleswaram, seven wards in Mahalakshmi Layout and four of the 11 wards in Yelahanka, all potholes had been filled up. Sreenidhi submitted that the BBMP had availed the services of IISc’s civil engineering professors GLS Shiva Kumar Babu and Rajiv B Mallick for the execution of the work.In the affidavit filed on the previous occasion, the BBMP had sought three days to fill the remaining 2,172 potholesin the city..