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Bengaluru is City of Potholes: Minister
Gulf News
|September 19, 2025
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy tore into the Karnataka government yesterday, over crumbling infrastructure in Bengaluru, after logistics startup BlackBuck announced plans to shift its office from the city’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) area.
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“The proud city of Bengaluru, built by Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, has suffered a severe blow to its reputation. It is tragic that Bengaluru is now gaining infamy as the ‘City of Potholes’,” Kumaraswamy posted on X, blaming Chief Minister Siddaramaiah
This story is from the September 19, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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