Repairing the street lights of KR Circle is not a viable solution because they have to be replaced or replaced, said Bbmp chief engineer.
In the KR Circle, there are at least 150 photovoltaic street lights, and the underground passage at the intersection of the Royal Palace Road and sashadri Road is in a state of dilapidated condition.
In addition to the renovation of the KR Circle, the main engineering department of BBMP has also built underground passages at the Palace Road and the saisadry junction, at saisadri Road, Nrupathunga Road and KR
BBMP spent Rs7 crore on these projects.
The then chief minister, BS Yeddyurappa, unveiled the projects in June 14, 2009.
In order to save electricity and reduce the electricity cost of BBMP, solar photovoltaic street lamps have been installed.
It handed over the job of installing street lights to a private company.
However, the authorities have not maintained these street lights for the past three years, with an estimated cost of Rs 30.
"BBMP is responsible for the maintenance of the underground passage (east division)
Said Nagendra Prasad, assistant engineer, BBMP Road-
Broaden the sector.
At the same time, chief engineer SV Govindaraju (electrical)
He said he did not know that the repair was not good.
Govindaiah, Executive Engineer, confirmed that it was not a consistent street light.
He said that there is no need to install these street lights because of the sufficient number of lights.
"There is no separate department to maintain solar photovoltaic street lights.
"In order to maintain these lights, we have to float the tender," said Govindaiah . ".
Govindaiah said he knew about the solar street light for the missing battery.
"Repairing these lights is not a viable solution.
We have to turn these lights around or change them.
"We need to spend a lot of maintenance," he said . "
When asked if he made a police complaint about the lost battery, he said: "I need to complain where, and the main road department has not yet handed over the maintenance of these street lights to us.
At the same time, a police officer at Vidhana Soudha police station said that a complaint had not yet been filed.
BBMP council opposition leader M. Udayashankar has asked BBMP commissioner Shankaralinge Gowda to take action against engineers responsible for poor maintenance of street lights.
"The condition of these street lights is an example of the negligence of BBMP engineers to maintain BBMP property.
I suspect the engineer colluded with the contractor and wasted the tax.
"The payer's money," Udayashankar said . ".