Archive · 18 Jan 2026
Bengaluru Residents Clean Dusty Roads Amid Civic Neglect
In Bengaluru, people are very upset because the roads are very dirty and full of dust.
The city government has not been taking care of the roads for a long time.
Residents, especially those with children, are worried because the dust is bad for health.
They have to clean the roads themselves.
They also wonder where the money they pay as taxes is going, since new machines for cleaning have not arrived.
School buses stop on these dirty roads, and children have to breathe in the dust, which is not good for them.
The people feel that the government is not doing its job properly.
Residents in Bengaluru are cleaning dust-choked roads due to civic neglect.
School buses stop on these dirty roads, exposing children to dust and silt.
Newly sanctioned cleaning machines are not yet operational or located.
Residents question the use of taxpayers' money amid basic civic maintenance neglect.
The situation highlights a long-standing issue of poor road maintenance in the city.
- Who
- Residents of Bengaluru
- What
- Cleaned dust-choked roads due to civic neglect
- When
- After years of neglect
- Where
- Bengaluru
- Why
- Due to lack of civic maintenance and operational machines
- Location
- Bengaluru
- Issue
- Road maintenance neglect
- Affected Group
- Residents, school children
- Concern
- Dust and silt exposure
- Taxpayer Concern
- Misuse of funds