The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which has a responsibility to fill potholes in the city, continues to use cold mix asphalt to fix potholes on roads during rains, despite it being a temporary solution. As the rains have resumed in Bengaluru over the last couple of days, citizens fear that they will have to contend with more potholes.
The civic body, which claims there are only 1,051 potholes in Bengaluru after the downpour which created waterlogging in many parts last month, had issued directions to its zonal officials to use cold mix asphalt when it was raining and later use hot mix asphalt to fill potholes.
However, motorists complain that the BBMP is yet to fill the potholes and many roads have been filled using cold mix asphalt and even using crushed stones in a haphazard manner.
