Video shows man protesting in Bengaluru after accident due to pothole
2 years, 1 month ago

Video shows man protesting in Bengaluru after accident due to pothole

Hindustan Times  

The potholes on Bengaluru roads continue to remain a major civic concern. A post shared by the Twitter handle, Speak Up Bengaluru, a platform for citizens, read, “Today morning 6 AM, this person fallen to pothole while riding vehicle & no one responded yet near Ulsoor Opp. Thanks to CV Raman Nagara MLA @mla_raghu for keeping Bengalurians struggle with their lives every day.” Screengrab from a video that shows man protesting in Bengaluru after accident due to pothole However, the pothole is said to be filled after the video gained wide attention. The group also shared the picture of the repaired road and wrote, “They filled it in the first half, which means @mla_raghu and CM @BSBommai’s #Potholes will be fixed in 3 cases. Some of the stretches in the city were reported to have been repaired before Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Bengaluru on Friday to inaugurate the Terminal 2 at Kempegowda International Airport.

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Bengaluru residents cut pothole-themed cake to express outrage over bad roads. Watch video
1 week, 1 day ago

Bengaluru residents cut pothole-themed cake to express outrage over bad roads. Watch video

Hindustan Times  

In a creative form of protest, around 200 residents from Bengaluru’s Panathur area took to the streets on Saturday, cutting a cake designed to mimic a pothole-ridden road. Their demonstration brought attention to the deteriorating condition of the infamous S-Cross Road, urging the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike to take swift action to widen the road and resolve the long-standing pothole …

Bengaluru public show outrage on miscreants by tossing scooters from flyover. Watch
4 months ago

Bengaluru public show outrage on miscreants by tossing scooters from flyover. Watch

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru saw a public outrage recently after multiple road stunt incidents were observed on many stretches in the city. A video went viral on social media showing people stopping some scooters with which these stunts are performed and tossing them from a flyover. Bengaluru public show outrage on miscreants by tossing scooters from flyover. The video of a crowd tossing …

Bengaluru residents perform ‘pothole puja’ in unique protest against bad roads on Varamahalakshmi day
4 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru residents perform ‘pothole puja’ in unique protest against bad roads on Varamahalakshmi day

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru's infamous pothole problem is a persistent challenge that residents face on the daily, especially causing significant inconvenience to commuters. READ | Youtuber worships Bengaluru potholes in new song, thanks politicians for inspiring him A video shared on social media shows a man and a woman performing a puja at the edge of a large pothole, which is filled with …

Car hits scooter from behind on a busy Bengaluru road, two people crash on road. VIDEO
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Car hits scooter from behind on a busy Bengaluru road, two people crash on road. VIDEO

Hindustan Times  

In a scary viral dash camera footage, a car was seen ramming into a bike, resulting in the crash of the biker and the pillion in the middle of the road. Car hits scooter from behind on a busy Bengaluru road, two people crash on road In the video, the man was on the right side of the road on …

Anonymous social media user describes brutal gang fight on Bengaluru road
6 months ago

Anonymous social media user describes brutal gang fight on Bengaluru road

Hindustan Times  

An anonymous user on social media shared about a brutal gang fight in Bengaluru’s Kundalahalli area, involving a child. Anonymous social media user describes brutal gang fight on Bengaluru road Describing the incident, the user said, “My friend dropped me off at Kundalahalli Gate around 8 and It was very crowded there. And the kid looked like he belonged to …

Bengaluru police arrests 3 bikers for trying to extort by faking accident. Video
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru police arrests 3 bikers for trying to extort by faking accident. Video

Hindustan Times  

Bengaluru police on Monday arrested three people for allegedly trying to extort a person who was driving with his female colleagues on Sarjapur-Attibele road. The video went viral on social media, and people requested that the Bengaluru police take the matter seriously. Charan Pal Singh, a software engineer, was driving his car, and a group of four people on scooters …

Bengaluru Road Rage: Abusive Biker Breaks Car's Windshield Amid Traffic, Horrifying Clip Goes Viral
1 year ago

Bengaluru Road Rage: Abusive Biker Breaks Car's Windshield Amid Traffic, Horrifying Clip Goes Viral

News 18  

A recent incident unfolded in Bengaluru traffic where a man, caught on camera, exhibited a fit of rage towards another driver. The video, circulating on the internet, captures the enraged individual on a two-wheeler aggressively approaching a car, banging on the driver’s window, and ultimately smashing the windshield with a rock before fleeing the scene. I braked hard, and we …

Video shows Bengaluru traffic cop filling pothole, but people have a question
1 year, 2 months ago

Video shows Bengaluru traffic cop filling pothole, but people have a question

India Today  

A video of a traffic police official filling a pothole in Bengaluru won hearts. People hailed the traffic cop in the video, posted on X on Wednesday, but questioned what the city's civic body was doing. Social media users questioned the city's civic body, Bruhata Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, for turning a blind eye to the bad roads. However, this isn't …

Bengaluru driver draws a knife and threatens biker on the road, arrested. Video
1 year, 8 months ago

Bengaluru driver draws a knife and threatens biker on the road, arrested. Video

Hindustan Times  

In another road rage incident in Bengaluru, a transport auto driver was seen threatening a biker by drawing a knife from his vehicle in the middle of the road. Bengaluru driver draws a knife and threatens biker on the road, arrested. Video Both the biker and auto driver got into a heated argument in the middle of the road, causing …

Bengaluru potholes: Kiran Shaw asks BBMP to penalise ‘responsible’ for lapses
2 years ago

Bengaluru potholes: Kiran Shaw asks BBMP to penalise ‘responsible’ for lapses

Live Mint  

Smart city Bengaluru, which is known for traffic congestion, continues to witness potholes despite a slew of complaints and backlash from its citizens. A video has been surfaced on the internet showing potholes on a road with heavy traffic movement in Karnataka's capital city. Sahana, a Twitter user posted such video on the microblogging site in which Bengaluru traffic police …

Bengaluru: Nine road accidents due to potholes since Oct 2021
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: Nine road accidents due to potholes since Oct 2021

Live Mint  

Potholes have continued to remain death traps for Bengaluru residents despite the slew of complaints by citizens. The daily said that nine people have lost their lives due to road accidents since October 2021. According to the CCTV footage of the accident, the motorist was trying to overtake the tractor when he slipped on a stretch of road that was …

Bengaluru: Man protests on road after accident due to pothole
2 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru: Man protests on road after accident due to pothole

Live Mint  

Potholes in Bengaluru have turned into death traps. Taking a dig at the Karnataka government, the group said that there are three ways the Bengaluru authority will fix the potholes issues- 1) When Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the city 2) When someone dies because of potholes, and 3) When an injured person protests at the pothole site. Last month, …

Man dies as car, bike collide due to caved-in road in Bengaluru | Video
2 years, 1 month ago

Man dies as car, bike collide due to caved-in road in Bengaluru | Video

India Today  

A 24-year-old lost his life owing to a bike-car collision caused due to a caved in road in Bengaluru's Yelahanka area. The car driver was trying to avoid the caved in portion of the road which led to him colliding with the bike rider. But the road has caved in due to negligence of contractors and poor work materials used …

Pothole Party, Yamaraj, Fashion Show: Country Finds Unique Ways to Protest Bad Roads as Woes Continue
2 years, 3 months ago

Pothole Party, Yamaraj, Fashion Show: Country Finds Unique Ways to Protest Bad Roads as Woes Continue

News 18  

A man in Thane was killed on Sunday while trying to navigate potholes on the road. Photoshoot and Fashion Show In Nagaland’s Dimapur, three women dressed as mermaids and sat near the potholes for a photoshoot to mark their protest. The “mermaids” were members of a forum on Facebook that took to the streets in protest against the deplorable condition …

Bengaluru potholes claim 44-year-old's life, Siddaramaiah reacts to civic apathy
2 years, 4 months ago

Bengaluru potholes claim 44-year-old's life, Siddaramaiah reacts to civic apathy

Hindustan Times  

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, responsible for civic amenities and infrastructural assets in the Karnataka capital, has come under fire for civic apathy once more, after another pothole-related death was recorded on Tuesday. Bengaluru's potholes, infamous for having claimed several lives in the past, have struck again by taking a 44-year-old man's life as he was on his way to …

WATCH: 'Yamraj' Joins Bengaluru Residents' Protest Over Potholes in Locality
2 years, 5 months ago

WATCH: 'Yamraj' Joins Bengaluru Residents' Protest Over Potholes in Locality

News 18  

A video which is currently going viral on social media shows residents of Kanakapura Road, Bengaluru, who resorted to a unique method to protest against potholes in the neighbourhood’s roads. “Anjanapura residents in #Bengaluru carried out innovative protest by inviting Lord Yama to highlight #pothole issue in their locality. He told, “Last time, we did a protest which yielded results …

Bengaluru: Man dressed as ’Yamaraja’ to highlight potholes issue
2 years, 5 months ago

Bengaluru: Man dressed as ’Yamaraja’ to highlight potholes issue

Live Mint  

A video of a man has gone viral on the internet who was dressed like Yamaraja to highlight the issue of potholes in the city. The man was seen protesting at Anjanpura road of Bengaluru in order to convey a message to the officials that how potholed roads have become deathbeds in the city. Taking a jibe at MLA Krishnappa …

'Yamaraja' on this Bengaluru road? Video of protest goes viral
2 years, 5 months ago

'Yamaraja' on this Bengaluru road? Video of protest goes viral

Hindustan Times  

In a unique way of protesting for better roads, the Anjanpura road of Bengaluru on Saturday saw a man dressed up as Yamaraja accompanying the commuters who were travelling on the road. Even after a very rigours protests last year the MLA & BDA hasnt woken up!” The man who dressed up in Yamaraja attire had even accompanied two-wheeler commuters …

‘40 potholes in a 200m stretch’: This video of Bengaluru road is viral
2 years, 5 months ago

‘40 potholes in a 200m stretch’: This video of Bengaluru road is viral

Hindustan Times  

Heavy rains over the past few weeks have once again put Bengaluru residents on tenterhooks. A video is now going viral on social media where a biker is seen riding through multiple potholes, an experience the user described as off-roading. Screen grab from Twitter video The user named Ankita Banerjee said there are 40 potholes in a 200-metre stretch of …

Bengaluru Residents Protest Potholes by Planting Paddy Saplings, Offer 'Boat Rides'
3 years, 3 months ago

Bengaluru Residents Protest Potholes by Planting Paddy Saplings, Offer 'Boat Rides'

News 18  

In an attempt to draw the attention of authorities towards the poor condition of roads and potholes, residents of Bengaluru’s Anjanpura have planted paddy saplings in the potholes filled with water. Conducted by the Changemakers of Kanakapura Road Association along with local residents, the protest also involved them bringing in a boat and offering rides for Rs 20, according to …

Bengaluru’s BBMP said no potholes on 74 roads. Court ordered survey finds 437
3 years, 9 months ago

Bengaluru’s BBMP said no potholes on 74 roads. Court ordered survey finds 437

Hindustan Times  

A crackdown by the Karnataka high court following the death of a 19-year-old medical student, and hearings of Public Interest Litigations have revealed that there are at least 5,435 potholes, bad roads or bad footpaths in Bengaluru. A report by the Karnataka State Legal Services Authority has revealed that there are at least 5,435 potholes, bad roads or patchy footpaths …

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