The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday directed the contractor, American Road Technology and Solutions (ARTS), to immediately start the pothole-repair work on the 182 km stretch of major roads using Python, an automatic pothole patcher machine, as per the work order issued by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
However, the court directed the Chief Commissioner of the BBMP to reconsider the issue raised by the ARTS over the rate at which the payment has to be made to it for availing the service of Python machine.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the order while hearing a PIL petition related to condition and maintenance of city’s road.
