Krishna Byre Gowda directs GBA to take disciplinary action against officials over failure to address streetlight issue
Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda has ordered disciplinary action against officials for failing to maintain streetlights on a major city road. An inspection revealed that over 60% of the lights on the stretch were non-functional.
Why it matters
It highlights issues of administrative accountability and urban infrastructure maintenance in a major metropolitan area.
Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Saturday directed officials of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to initiate disciplinary action those responsible for lapses in streetlight maintenance.
The instruction has come in the wake of identifying over 140 of 222 streetlights that were not functioning on a key road in central Bengaluru.
In a letter, Mr. Gowda issued the directions to GBA Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao after personally inspecting the stretch between Hudson Circle and Chalukya Circle on August 28. The inspection found that only 82 of the 222 streetlight poles had functioning lights.
The Minister stated that the GBA had already held two meetings on the maintenance of streetlights and issued instructions to the officials concerned. At a meeting held on August 4, the officials and contractors were specifically directed to ensure there were no lapses in maintenance and were given time to rectify the shortcomings.
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