Silicon City has been hit by heavy rains and most of the roads in Bengaluru have been damaged due to heavy rains.
In the meantime, closing potholes on the roads has become a major challenge for the authorities.
The BBMP engineers said that weather conditions were the cause of the roadblocks and on the one hand there was closure and on the other hand rain was pouring in.
The BBMP western zone engineer said that while gravel was being used to close the potholes, the steady pouring of rain was causing repeated fires.
60 loads of gravel are required to close the city roads. However, gravel engineers are not getting enough gravel. It is not possible to close the potholes.
In the meantime, the BBMP has decided to implement Plan B and put up board, posters and banners in the roadside areas. Already Ring Road has put up boards in the outer circle (Horamavu-Hennur) road and requested to be careful with the potholes.
These banners will be helpful until the gravel is found in sufficient quantities to close the road and completely rained out, the engineer said.
Motorists looking at these banners and boards of the BBMP are surprised.
Meanwhile, BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta, in a virtual meeting with the BBMP engineer and chief engineer of all the zones, suggested the closure of the road pits as soon as possible.
The Engineers from Rajarajeshwari Nagar and the western sector have come up with banners and boards on the roadside.
