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BBMP to begin white-topping close to Okalipuram
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BBMP to begin white-topping close to Okalipuram

The poor street condition on the road beneath the Okalipuram railway bridge and prompting the eight-path corridor has drawn the consideration of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief for the third time. This time, BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad has said that with the expanding water seepage and the poor street condition, it has been decided to embrace white topping work on the stretch at the earliest. Notwithstanding, street engineers said that it can't be taken up promptly as the eight-path corridor work is inadequate and street construction will hamper the site works. This lone implies that commuters should endure the experience of waterlogging during rainy days. A BBMP engineer said, “White topping on the stretch is required as the area gets flooded becaus...