Mysuru, Dec. 4 -- The Optical Fibre Cables (OFC) laying work across the city has left the roads in a bad shape with mounds of soil, sand and stones by the side, waiting for two-wheelers to trip and fall or four-wheelers to collide with an oncoming vehicle trying to avoid the dangerous mess.

Agencies attached to Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL), a private telecom company, are using Horizontal Directional Drilling Method to lay cables where one to two foot square pits are dug. In all, 174.63 kilometres are being dug within the city limits to lay the cables. The company has paid over Rs. 17 crore to the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) as digging fees.

MCC conditions

As per the work order issued by the MCC, after digging, the roads must be r...