Sir,

The Roads in KHB Colony, Hootagalli, are in a really bad state. Every morning, we leave our homes not just to go to work, drop children at school, or run errands — we set out on an unsolicited adventure sport. It’s an urban jungle, where roads have become a chaotic mix of potholes, dug-up trenches, and broken promises.

It’s not an exaggeration when I say that our daily commute feels like a rally course. These roads, if they can still be called that, are an appalling insult to the very idea of public infrastructure. While we, the honest, law-abiding, taxpaying citizens, continue to pay high taxes without fail, what we get in return is not development, but degradation.

It is just pure corruption. The crumbling roads are not simply a result of weather or overuse; they are a reflection of deep-rooted rot in our civic bodies. Shoddy construction, endless re-digging of freshly laid roads for utilities that should have been planned beforehand, and brazen lack of accountability point to one thing: someone is profiting while we suffer.

Contractors are awarded tenders at bloated costs, roads are laid with substandard materials, and within weeks the tarmac gives way — leaving behind trenches large enough to swallow two-wheelers whole. Then begins the next round of digging and patchwork, a never-ending loop of destruction disguised as maintenance.

It is disgusting that in 2025, in a country that aspires to be a global superpower, basic road infrastructure is treated like a luxury. When lives are lost due to these crater-ridden death traps, will the MCC officials and elected representatives take responsibility? Or will they simply shrug and pass the buck, as they always do?

If our tax money cannot buy us even the dignity of a safe, smooth road, what exactly is it being used for? Fix the roads. Hold those responsible accountable, because right now, all we’re navigating is a scam dressed up as development.

– An aggrieved citizen, Hootagalli , 26.7.2025

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