Bengaluru, Sept. 14 -- In one of Bengaluru's most elite neighbourhoods, Judicial Layout, residents are fighting a daily battle not with traffic, but with the very roads beneath their feet. The area, home to judges, IAS officers, and senior government officials, has become a symbol of civic neglect, with roads so broken that even children have taken up poetry to voice their frustration, sending heartfelt verses to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) begging for better roads.

Located near Thalaghattapura off Kanakapura Road, Judicial Layout falls under the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) limits. But the conditions are far from "greater". Roads are perpetually dug up, patched with mud, and left to erode with the rains, forming deep, water-f...