Deputy CM DK Shivakumar gives 15-day deadline to BBMP to fill potholes in Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Sep 2: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar has given a 15-day deadline to the city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to fill up potholes across the city.
“In view of a lot of complaints about potholes in Bengaluru, I have given a 15-day deadline to BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath to fill up potholes," said Shivakumar, also Bengaluru Development Minister.
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He noted that there is an app to track and report potholes in the city wherein the public can report potholes to the authorities. "We are getting complaints through the app as well.”
Shivakumar said he will tour the entire city after the specified deadline to inspect if potholes have indeed been filled up.
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Puthucherry CM Rangasamy secures unassailable lead
Puducherry (PTI): Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy was on course to retain his Thattanchavady Assembly constituency as counting of votes polled in the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections was on across the UT.
At the end of four rounds of counting, which was the last one, the CM was ahead of his TVK-backed Neyyam Makkal Kazhagam candidate E Vinayakam by 4,441
votes, gaining an unassailable lead.
The veteran leader polled 10,024 while Vinayakam polled 5583 votes. Congress' Ve Vaithilingam polled 2990 votes, bracing for the fourth place after an independent.
This constituency is an important segment which drew the attention of political parties. Rangasamy has contested from two segments-Thattanchavady and Mangalam segments.
