A woman suffered a crushed ankle and required emergency surgery after hitting a hidden pothole; Representative image (R)
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya also reacted to a news report on the incident and questioned the state government’s spending on Bengaluru’s roads. Aishani Khanna shared details of the incident on social media platform X on Thursday, along with a photograph of herself undergoing treatment at a hospital.
BENGALURU: A woman has urged civic authorities to urgently repair roads after she allegedly suffered a crushed ankle in an accident caused by an unmarked, waterlogged pothole on Varthur Road, leaving her requiring emergency plastic surgery and a hospital bill of Rs 1.97 lakh. “Hidden pothole on Varthur road cost me a crushed ankle, emergency plastic surgery, 5 days in hospital, and Rs 1.97L.This could happen to any of us tomorrow. Fix the roads now!,” she said in a post on September 4. The accident took place on August 20 on the Varthur stretch after she encountered an unmarked pothole filled with water, according to Khanna.
“Result: crushed ankle, 7-10cm deep cuts, emergency plastic surgery, 5 days at Manipal Hospital, and Rs 1.97L in bills-with another surgery pending. @BBMPCOMM @GBA_office Fix Varthur Stretch in 15 day,” she said in another post on X.