Portion of road caves in at Mahalakshmi Layout in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 17: Days after a "sinkhole" appeared on the Brigade Road, one more such instance surfaced at Mahalakshmi Layout here on Tuesday, as a small portion of the main road caved in.
According to locals, the incident happened after the road was asphalted following a pipeline work a couple of days ago.
The incident came to light when a heavy vehicle passed through the stretch and got stuck, said an official, adding that work is on to fill it.
Locals have blamed the civic authorities for the "shoddy work", which led to the caving in, and also movement of heavy vehicles along the stretch.
The caving in that is said to be about three feet wide has caused difficulties for commuters.
A three-metre-deep "sinkhole" had appeared on Brigade Road last week, injuring a motorcyclist and causing massive traffic jams in the central part of the city.
Opposition Congress has targeted the ruling BJP government for the incident.
"The sinkholes of Corruption of #40PercentSarkara are an unending mess and nightmare for civic amenities. The exit of Bommai Govt is the only solution to stop the nauseating stench of unending corruption," AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala said in a tweet.
Karnataka | A portion of Mahalakshmi Layout main road in Bengaluru caved in two days after it was asphalted after pipeline work. Repair work is underway. pic.twitter.com/oFdnY40Fzb
— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2023
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
