Bengaluru: Responding to criticism of crumbling public infrastructure in his constituency, a Congress legislator in Karnataka has, in flip, demanded that trade captains ought to divert their Company Social Accountability (CSR) funds for such growth works as an alternative of complaining concerning the poor high quality of roads.
B. Shivanna, the Congress legislator from Anekal, a city on the outskirts of Bengaluru housing one of many metropolis’s largest industrial clusters, stated that companies make crores however aren’t prepared to fund highway repairs and different works.
“They make hundreds of crores. Ask them to present us some to restore roads and undertake different developmental initiatives in these localities,” Shivanna informed ThePrint Monday.
His remarks had been in response to Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw’s publish on X criticising the MLA for utilizing funds “for different issues” and never fixing the crumbling roads in his constituency. “@MLAShivanna has been knowledgeable of this neglect for years however he doesn’t have the assets to supply respectable infrastructure because it has been used for different issues that haven’t benefited residents,” Shaw stated in a publish on X.
@MLAShivanna has been knowledgeable of this neglect for years however he doesn’t have the assets to supply respectable infrastructure because it has been used for different issues that haven’t benefited residents. https://t.co/qLYO2EyV4x
— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) August 24, 2026
She was reacting to posts from residents concerning the poor situation of roads within the locality.
“On a regular basis hundreds of automobiles and college buses and even BMTC MF buses are additionally travelling on this. That is very harmful & Deadly. Please take motion instantly,” learn one of many posts.
@GBA_office @krishnabgowda @CMofKarnataka that is present scenario of Doddamara – Choodasandra Street. On a regular basis hundreds of automobiles and college buses and even BMTC MF buses are additionally travelling on this.That is very harmful & Deadly Please take motion instantly. pic.twitter.com/AL6hSrn2Qy
— Prakashvel M (@_iam_prakash_) August 23, 2026
Intermittent rains in Bengaluru have uncovered the faultlines in India’s IT capital, the place potholes, crumbling infrastructure, and civic apathy have grow to be the norm.
Regardless of assurances from the D.Okay. Shivakumar-led Congress authorities, the state of roads and different infrastructure stays largely unchanged.
Shaw’s publish comes barely every week after a 32-year-old lady was run over by a business automobile after she misplaced management of her two-wheeler whereas making an attempt to keep away from a pothole in Bengaluru’s Hebbagodi, about 12 km from Doddamara Street, which falls underneath Anekal.
The incident sparked protests from residents who accused the authorities of turning a blind eye to the poor situation of roads.
Residents in Ananthnagar, across the Hebbagodi locality, stated that authorities had dug up the highway to put pipelines and crammed it up with out asphalting the highway, leading to deep craters on the road.
Shivanna stated that he had approached Shaw a number of instances to request CSR funds, however to no avail. “We don’t know the place they spend their CSR funds—for lakes, desilting—however won’t give us cash to assist enhance highway situations,” he stated.
When requested why the legislator was depending on CSR funds and never cash from the federal government, he stated that these had been recurring issues requiring important allocations.
“We’re getting cash (from the federal government), however how a lot can we get? We asphalt roads, and with rain, it will get eroded, and the issues resurface,” he informed ThePrint.
(Edited by Niyati Kothiyal)
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