After a 16-year-old girl, who was riding pillion came under the wheels of a bus after her brother lost control on the pothole-ridden Mysore road in Bengaluru, KJ George, who is the state developmental minister in a shocking reply said:
First, learn to ride properly; don’t blame potholes for the deaths in the city.
The girl, identified as P Savitha, was reportedly not wearing a helmet, according to The Hindu.
The police said the girl’s brother panicked when a BMTC bus behind started honking repeatedly. While trying to manoeuvre the bike, he reportedly lost balance on a cement filled pothole. The girl fell on the right while he fell on the left and the bus ran over the girl, reported Bangalore Mirror.
Bangalore Mirror quoted KJ George as saying:
I condole the death of the girl. It is unfortunate. It feels as if I’ve lost someone of my own. But how can you blame the government for everything.
Previously, chief engineer BBMP, Venkatesh had told The News Minute that the BBMP control rooms received a lot of complaints about potholes, especially on Mysore road.
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