'Calamity Waiting To Happen': Tejasvi Surya's Post of School's Appeal To Parents For Repair Work On Roads

The Bengaluru South MP also shared a video of a school-going autorickshaw driving through a badly damaged stretch littered with open manholes and potholes

The politics of who will fix Bengaluru's battered roads has reached fever pitch, with Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya entering the fray.

Surya posted a thread comprising a letter, which was written from a school, appealing to the parents to write to civic officials to repair the roads immediately for the sake of their children.

Given below are the tweets by Surya regarding the same:.

"See the condition of the road. There are uncovered manholes here—children can fall in. Two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and buses can't pass through. It's a disaster waiting to happen. Thousands of children, many in school vans, pass on this road daily. How can they ignore this?" the Bengaluru South MP posed to News18.

Surya challenged the Karnataka Congress government to take responsibility for keeping the infrastructure of the city intact, stating that the tech hub of India is "crumbling" under its regime.

On Wednesday, after touring areas badly hit by relentless rains, Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar asserted the damage was worst in BJP constituencies.

Reacting to this, Surya said to News18, "Does Bengaluru belong to a political party? It was Shivakumar who began the practice of releasing money to Congress MLAs but not to BJP MLAs. Let him come out with how much crores were released to BJP MLA constituencies and how many crores to Congress MLA constituencies. Recall how in Jayanagar he intentionally withheld money from the local BJP MLA? You cut money from BJP constituencies and then point fingers at those same regions?

The letter Surya had sent was signed by the secretary of Kumaran Group of Institutions. It requested parents to "acknowledge the challenges posed by the condition of roads leading to the school," and emphasized the inconvenience and danger for students.

The school urged the parents to approach civic authorities directly: "If you would like to further support the cause, we urge you to write directly to the concerned municipal or public works department. A joint voice from the parent community will perhaps help bring focus to the urgency of the issue and trigger quicker action," the letter added.

The school also clarified that it has repeatedly requested for road repairs, but its role is limited. “The responsibility of repairing public roads lies solely with the municipal bodies," the letter stated. Surya pointed out that he was chosen to serve all of Bengaluru and should be held accountable for the issues of the city. "MLAs do not enjoy executive power, that rests with ministers. The irony is, while they mark two years of so-called good governance, half of Bengaluru is sinking," he said to News18