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Apart from known as the IT hub of India, Bengaluru has earned a bad reputation for its poor road infrastructure and potholes that have often allegedly led to loss of precious lives.
Believe it or not, the menace is so high that a pothole in Bellandur area appears on Google map as a ‘historical landmark’ in Bengaluru.
Despite repeated complaints, the civic body has miserably failed to repair the broken roads. Meanwhile, Bengalurians are having a field day on Twitter as they shared hilarious memes and gifs over the pothole menace in their city.
Below are a few memes that will leave you in splits
In Bangalore, Potholes are landmarked on Google and have reviews 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/1zc6n3cuVV
— Nimo Tai 🇮🇳 (@Cryptic_Miind) September 20, 2022
#Bengaluru needs this sign#BengaluruPotholes pic.twitter.com/I3XN9JZr4L
— try to bring a smile (@try2bringAsmile) June 9, 2022
We are so developed that sometimes it feels like we are living on the moon.#bengalurupotholes #vikas #development #bengalururains#Chandrayan2 pic.twitter.com/ybQfajU4WW
— Yasir Tehsin (@yasirtehsin) September 2, 2019
#GabbarSinghTax#Bengaluru pays one of the highest road tax in the country yet this is what we get? #ReclaimBengaluru #BengaluruPotholes pic.twitter.com/V8d0KKBt3a
— BengaluruPotholes (@BlorePotholes) October 23, 2017
Why you shouldn't buy @harleydavidson in Bengaluru. #sarcasmawarenessmonth #BengaluruPotholes @BBMPCOMM1 @thekjgeorge @WeAreBangalore pic.twitter.com/bEYfHPSWSM
— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) October 10, 2017
Potholes on the road? Or road in between potholes ?
— Shrirambn (@shrirambn) June 7, 2022
Welcome to the IT capital of India. Bengaluru -Mysuru road near Nice road junction with multiple potholes making motorists difficult to use the stretch in #Bengaluru. @NewIndianXpress @XpressBengaluru @AshwiniMS_TNIE pic.twitter.com/bBUPvbQ7Zq
Pothole pooja performed in Bengaluru by residents of Campbell road near Cox town as a mark of protest. Resident have been dealing with multiple potholes like this for months together now & no solution seems to be at sight. #BengaluruPotholes pic.twitter.com/5hpSwx53q9
— Deepak Bopanna (@dpkBopanna) November 30, 2021
I'll put #Batmobile vs #BengaluruPotholes to the test!!😂 https://t.co/0DoE7foVF7 pic.twitter.com/X8AOnu8pfz
— Marwan Nizamuddin (@MarwanNizam) May 20, 2022
Caught on a newspaper's camera (VK).
— Kiran Kumar S (@KiranKS) October 11, 2017
"International quality" roads for Bengaluru that Congress promised.
Already 4 deaths in recent days 😫 pic.twitter.com/bmZG3nT45r
Notably, a 50-year-old woman was knocked off a scooter and run over by a bus due to the pothole. The unfortunate incident happened in Bengaluru's Rajajinagar when the woman, identified as Umadevi, was riding pillion behind her daughter.
She fell off the scooter as they were trying to manoeuvre around a pothole. She fell under a KSRTC bus and suffered grievous injuries. Although, passersby and her daughter rescued her and rushed to a hospital in the area, she succumbed to the injuries.
