Bittoo: Bapu.
Bapu: Yes Bittoo.
Bittoo: When will the Road Over Bridge near Belagavi railway station be completed Bapu?
Bapu: I don’t know Bittoo.
Bittoo: When will the city have smart roads, smart drainage lines, smart drinking water system and smart men to oversee Operations & Maintenance of the civic facilities Bapu?
Bapu: I don’t know Bittoo.
Bittoo: To what extent the local civic administration is responsive to the problems created by their own do’s & don’ts Bapu?
Bapu: I don’t know Bittoo.
Bittoo: Oh! Then what do you know Bapu?
Bapu: I know that Government’s work is God’s work as written on the top of the Vidhan Soudha, the seat of government in the State capital Bangalore.
Bittoo: Fine Bapu! So, if the government or the local administrations don’t respond to people’s woes, should the people go to temples to request God to come to their rescue Bapu?
Bapu: I don’t know Bittoo.
This is a citizen-centric new column, wherein the author(Bitto) is an ordinary, politically unaffiliated common man of the city who in his/her inimitable approach takes up various issues with the Bapu’s soul! Apparently, the interaction between them portrays ironies of sorts encountered by the common man and others in the city in a lighter vein. The author’s name will not be disclosed to the readers as he/she represents the common man of the society. This column aims at creating awareness and sensitising cross sections of our city on various issues of public concern only but in a lighter vein without holding any contempt against any institution or individual.
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