Sir,

Frequent road-cutting by utility contractors has become a daily nuisance for commuters across Mysuru. Be it for drainage lines, water pipelines, telephone cables or broadband works, roads are dug up again and again.

In most cases, once the work is completed, the trenches are merely filled with loose soil and left without proper re-asphalting. This leaves behind uneven stretches, potholes and bumpy patches that inconvenience motorists and pose safety risks.

What frustrates residents even more is that newly laid roads are often dug up within weeks for such works, defeating the very purpose of road improvement.

During summer, these loosely filled patches create excessive dust, troubling pedestrians and nearby residents. In the rainy season, the same stretches turn slippery and hazardous due to loose mud.

The authorities must enforce strict restoration norms, penalise contractors who fail to comply and ensure better coordination to minimise repeated road-cutting.

– Vinayakrishna Bhat , Lingambudhipalya, 17.2.2026

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