Krishna Byre Gowda directs GBA to take disciplinary action against officials over failure to address streetlight issue

Krishna Byre Gowda | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO Greater Bengaluru Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Saturday directed officials of the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) to initiate disciplinary action those responsible for lapses in streetlight maintenance.The instruction has come in the wake of identifying over 140 of 222 streetlights that were not functioning on a key road in central Bengaluru.In a letter, Mr. Gowda issued the directions to GBA Chief Commissioner M. Maheshwar Rao after personally inspecting the stretch between Hudson Circle and Chalukya Circle on August 28. The inspection found that only 82 of the 222 streetlight poles had functioning lights.The Minister stated that the GBA had already held two meetings on the maintenance of streetlights and issued instructions to