Mysuru: At a time when Swachh Survekshan, which ranks cities based on cleanliness, is just three months away and a time when the civic agencies and District Administration want to reclaim the ‘Cleanest City’ tag that was awarded to the Heritage City in the first two editions of the Survekshan, scores of roads are riddled with potholes and craters. The worst affected are extensions that are thickly populated and are most traversed by commuters.
Dasara has just passed and it has again proved that the authorities have just concentrated on beautifying areas around Mysore Palace and have left out the rest, leaving people to suffer in silence. Cultural Capital, City of Palaces and Twice Cleanest City — all credits are given to Mysuru which sounds meaningless if the real judge goes around the extensions. Extensions like Vijayanagar, Hebbal, Manchegowdanakoppal, Vontikoppal, Kumbarakoppal, Bogadi, Jayalakshmipuram, J.P. Nagar, Jayanagar, Vinayakanagar, Lakshmipuram and many more have very bad roads which should be re-laid and not repaired with hotchpotch filling-up of potholes.
