Bengaluru Potholes

After Artist's Viral "Moonwalk", Bengaluru Civic Body Fills Potholes

Bangalore News | Edited By Ria Saini | Wednesday September 4, 2019

Just 24 hours after a street artist dressed up as an astronaut and performed "moonwalk" in a viral video, drawing attention to 'crater-sized' potholes in Bengaluru, civic authorities under fire rushed to do damage control.

Bengaluru Citizens Can Now Complain About Potholes Online

Bangalore News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday June 16, 2018

In a novel initiative, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara has asked citizens to report about potholes in Bengaluru via Whatsapp message, call or e-complaint on the civic body's website.

In Bengaluru, Many Voters Say Civic Issues, Potholes, Dictated Their Vote

India News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Sunday May 13, 2018

Nearly 3.5 crore people in Karnataka voted on Saturday at the end of a rancorous campaign that saw the PM Narendra Modi and Congress' Rahul Gandhi throw themselves into the campaign and hurl barbs at each other for weeks. But as people in Karnataka capital Bengaluru stepped out to vote, many suggested civic issues would take priority when they vote...

Gold Biscuits For Karnataka Lawmakers? Extravagant Gift Plan Sparks Row

Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday October 16, 2017

In the middle of public alarm over a dozen deaths linked to potholes in Bengaluru and the sanitation crisis, a grand plan to celebrate 60 years of the Karnataka state assembly or Vidhana Souda by gifting gold biscuits to 300 Karnataka lawmakers has appalled many. A budget of nearly Rs 27 crore has been sent for approval to the state's Congress gove...

In Bengaluru, Artist Transforms Pothole Into Colourful Protest Site

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Friday October 13, 2017

Days after Karnataka Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah asked for over 15,000 potholes on Bengaluru's scarred roads to be fixed within 15 days, a unique and colourful protest. One involving mermaids, the mythical creatures thought to be half-woman, half-fish.

Bengaluru Woman Falls As Scooter Tries To Avoid Pothole, Crushed by Truck

Bangalore News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Thursday October 12, 2017

A day after Chief Minister K Siddaramaiah sounded an emergency and asked for over 15,000 potholes on Bengaluru's scarred roads to be fixed within 15 days, another woman died on Tuesday when she was flung from a scooter and crushed by a lorry near Devanahalli in the Karnataka capital. Four people have died since last week in Bengaluru in accidents ...

Woman Crushed By Truck In Bengaluru, 3rd Pothole Death In A Week

Karnataka News | Reported by Harish Upadhya, Edited by Arun Nair | Monday October 9, 2017

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has set a 10-day deadline for Bengaluru's municipal corporation to fix all the potholes in the capital, after a 47-year-old woman died on Sunday, the third death in a week due to the city's damaged roads. Officials say Bengaluru has more than 15,000 potholes.

Blog: My Monday Morning Hero - A Traffic Policeman Filling Potholes

Blog | Maya Sharma | Tuesday January 5, 2016

I was smiling on the way to work on a Monday. That too while travelling through Bengaluru's notorious traffic. That is not something that happens to people very often - but I did feel quite cheery, while travelling through Jayanagar in the south of the city.

A Python Is 'Swallowing' Bengaluru's Potholes One at a Time

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday September 30, 2015

These days to fix a pothole, Bengaluru civic officials start by making it bigger. Once it is cut into a more regular, rectangular shape, the 'Python' gets to work.

Why Bengaluru Techie Was Charged For Wife's Death in Pothole Accident

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Wednesday September 23, 2015

Amid outrage over a man being charged for the death of his wife in an accident in Bengaluru when their motorcycle went into one of the city's many potholes-ridden roads, the police have said the indictment was 'procedural'.

Focus on Bengaluru's Potholes as Man is Blamed For Wife's Death

Bangalore News | Reported by Uma Sudhir, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday September 22, 2015

A woman, riding pillion on her husband's bike, fell and died of a head injury when the bike crashed in one of the many potholes of Bangalore. But it is her husband who is being blamed for the death.

Woman Dies After Two-Wheeler Crashes on Bengaluru's Pothole-Riddled Road

Bangalore News | Written by Maya Sharma | Sunday September 20, 2015

A young woman, in her twenties, died in Bengaluru on Thursday night after the two-wheeler on which she was riding pillion with her husband crashed, reportedly due to a pothole on the road.