India, Oct. 20 -- Bengaluru's battered roads are once again in the spotlight after a local resident's sarcastic post about a cratered stretch near Varthur-Gunjur went viral on social media, drawing sharp reactions and humour-laced frustration from fellow citizens.

Sharing a photograph of a massive pothole that resembled a mini-lake, the user wrote,"Normally, the road size will be 98 per cent and the pothole size would be 2 per cent. In this photo shot on 17th October in Bengaluru, the road is only 2 per cent and the 'LakeHole' is 98 per cent. @GBAChiefComm ji, can we make Varthur-Gunjur pothole-free?"

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The tongue-in-cheek compari...