For Narasimhan, employee of a private company, waiting for transport to reach office is the most painful thing.
For Narasimhan, employee of a private company, waiting for transport to reach office is the most painful thing.
His legs ache after standing for long as the bus shelter has no seats.
Although government agencies had put up seats, many of them have been vandalised or stolen.
“I wait at the bus shelter on Kanakapura Road near Jarganahalli. But the seats had been stolen as they were made of granite stone,” said Narasimhan.
Thieves also target sign boards at bus shelters to steal tubelights, which are then sold in black markets.
“I live in Frazer Town, where the bus shelter is wrecked. The tubelights inside the signboard have gone. So we’ve to stand in the dark to catch bus in the evenings,” said Mala Rao, a software professional.
Steel is another favourite of the vandals.
“We have about 27,000 transformers in the city and many of them have grills around them to stop people from coming in contact with them. Thieves have stolen these grills and also steel boxes fixed on transformers. Each transformer box costs Rs3,000 to `4,000. When someone steals them, we have to replace them,” said Ashok Angadi, chief engineer, Bangalore Electricity Supply Company.
Some years ago, the comprehensive trauma consortium (CTC) had set up high-tech first-aid cubicles on highways for travellers needing emergency medical treatment. Altogether, five such booths were installed with oxygen cylinders, masks, basic medication and CCTV camera on Old Madras Road. These booths were expected to be manned by one attendant throughout the day.
The booths, launched on a trial basis for two months to assess their utility, did not survive even two weeks as miscreants made away with the equipment. The project was shelved owing to lack of security.
Mayor R Sharadamma said the BBMP was aware of such thefts.
“I’ve seen stone seats missing at bus shelters near my home. The problem is they steal it at night when no one is around. Policemen are alert but the robbers are clever and plan it well. They sell the loot in black markets,” she said.
“We’re planning to call a meeting with police officials and other civic bodies to form a vigilance mechanism for tackling these cases,” she added.
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