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MP: Every road potholed, marathoners got injured
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|April 28, 2025
'Garbage piles, stinky corners, broken footpaths greet world athletes'
BANGALORE South MP Tejasvi Surya, who took part in the TCS 10K Run on Sunday, wrote an open letter to Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also Bengaluru Development Minister, and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath that roads in the city are pathetic and not a single stretch was free from potholes.
He claimed that many runners stumbled and got injured due to the potholes.
Surya said he ran in the Mumbai Marathon two months ago and the experience was incredible. "And today (Sunday), it hurt so much to see our city like this," he lamented.
This story is from the April 28, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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