Traders want GBA to finish white-topping at Sirsi Circle soon

BENGALURU: Traders are fed up with they delayed white‑topping work at Sirsi Circle on Mysuru Road under This is Chamarajapet Assembly constituency. Due to of the construction, shops have been locked and businessmen want the road work finished quickly.

Mysuru Road has been dug up for white‑topping work for the last six months, yet the work is still not completed. As a result, vehicle drivers are constantly suffering and shops are closed. Even though two or three shops are open, there is no business.

The road connects Sirsi Circle to Chamarajapet, Basavanagudi and Jayanagar. As the road is dug up, BMTC buses are not running. Moreover, the residents of the houses adjacent to the road are walking on the dug‑up road itself.

There is a school and a hospital on this road, but school vans cannot ply and children have to reach school through dust and the dug-up road. Patients coming to the hospital are also facing problems, so the white‑topping work should be completed as soon as possible, the locals pointed out.

Milk distributor Babu said, “There is dust and we are suffering a lot due to pollution. The work is also slow and we need to take a long route to reach our destination. It is very tough for businesses as customers are also not coming on this road. There has been no business here since it started. Whatever work is being done is totally unnecessary and not much progress has been seen”.

Local resident Aruna said, “The construction work has been ongoing for eight months but the work is not getting completed. The situation gets worse during monsoon. From children to aged people, all are suffering to use this road. The GBA should speed up the construction work”.