Cunningham Road Mess Won't Go Away Soon.

When will the chaos on Cunningham Road end? Not in the near future.

Half the road is a trench, turning the busy stretch into a nightmare for pedestrians.

The deadline for completion of the road improvement programme was December 2014, but contractors hope to finish the work only by March 2015.

The Tender Sure project that is being implemented here, at a cost of Rs. 18.42 crore, has run into many problems. One of them was completely unexpected: the diggers have found multiple power cables and sewer lines and can't make out which ones are dead, which ones functional.

Contractors NAPC Ltd. say the depth of the sewer lines and a rock bed have made their work difficult.

Ganesh Kamath, Manager, NAPC Ltd., explains, 'The sewer lines are at a depth of two metres. They have to be changed and new lines laid, which will take more time.'

However, Shantha Kumar, the nodal officer from the BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board), who is overseeing the project, says his men have been visiting the site regularly to assist the contractors.

'We have already given them all the necessary information, including the estimates for water and sanitary lines. New lines will be laid soon,' he said.

THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS