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Streetlights need to be installed along the 4.3km-stretch from Manandavadi Road to Nanjangud Road near Bandipalya on a priority basis. Dubbing the quality of the work undertaken on ORR ‘substandard’, he added, “Vast stretches of the road are riddled with potholes. “But, officials of Muda and MCC colluded to include a clause stipulating that it is NHAI’s responsibility,” the MP said.Simha also expressed dissatisfaction with the quality of the asphalting work on the key road. “Muda does not possess the funds required to maintain the ring road. For the past seven months, this stretch has been in the dark without a single functioning streetlight,” he said.Simha then instructed MCC officials to raise the issue of maintaining ORR at the next council meeting, and to obtain approval for the road’s upkeep..