Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Oct 3: An unidentified man fixed a sapling in a pothole and posted a video of what he did in social websites. The pothole concerned is located near Hosmat Hospital here on Magrath Road in the city.
Apparently he wanted to bring to the attention of the authorities concerned about the condition of the road. His effort received lot of support from the people. It may be recalled that two posts of people dressed as astronauts walking on the moon by depicting the potholes as holes on the moon had attracted lot of public attention recently.
The man can be seen telling that he had planted a sapling in a pot he found on the road. "Driving on road ridden with potholes is dangerous, particularly if the rider does not wear a helmet. l have been using this road and its condition used to create lot of problems for me. This idea struck me as a possible eye opener for the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities, he states.
The man is seen pouring mud into the pothole and then planting the sapling before planting a placard asking BBMP what will it do. The commuters appreciated his efforts towards drawing BBMP's attention to this grave problem. The man, wearing a helmet, says in the video that no one was angry at the sapling in the middle of the road, and most of them appreciated him. The plant stopped him from hitting the pothole, he reasoned.
The man now plans to stage this act on a bigger scale by asking volunteers to do similar planting en masse. He said he and other volunteers will continue to do this type of planting in potholes in the coming days in different areas.
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Jossey Saldanha, Atlanta
Thu, Oct 03 2019Why collect Tolls & Fines when you cannot offer Decent Roads ...
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Rathan, Mangalore
Thu, Oct 03 2019Jossy
Why you did not ask this question when coilation was ruling karnataka?
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chris, Managlore
Thu, Oct 03 2019Good Job but do you think there will be anything done by the BBMP. All are busy in collecting tax and minting money in one way or other
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francis lobo, Mangalore
Thu, Oct 03 2019In today's charged atmosphere BBMP may put a case on this person for spoiling the road and arrest him than rectifying the problem. I remember last week someone in Maharashtra doing same thing in Mumbai and BMC making an arrest. Being good is also tooo bad today. People will appreciate you on facebook and Twitter ,but nobody will comment when you will be arrested as it will be against the rulers !
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Ronald D, Udupi
Thu, Oct 03 2019Mithroooo....Potholes are a common problem! We are only busy collecting taxes, tolls and life taxes. we have no plans to repair nor we have time! Only politicians and babus can thrive!! But people will vote for us without roads, fuel or food!!! They have been promising us time and again!
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