Why Bangalore artist made a crocodile swim in pothole

Artist Nanjundaswamy's Crocodile sculpture in #Bengaluru pot-hole gets #BBMP kicking. Here's how! @tinucherian pic.twitter.com/4nMdx2pl2x

— Rasheed Kappan (@kappansky) June 19, 2015

This Crocodile is a artistic creation of Nanjundaswamy in #Bengaluru to grab attention of civic authorities. Kudos???????? pic.twitter.com/GHk9S6Bo9n

— Traffline Hyderabad (@TrafflineHyd) June 19, 2015

To highlight pothole-ridden roads of #Bengaluru , this artist sculpted a Crocodile on Thursday! #Bangalore pic.twitter.com/K7fW4a6Vsm

— Rasheed Kappan (@kappansky) June 19, 2015

Artiste In Bangalore Creates Crocodile On Potholed Road To Grab Attention Of Civic Authorities pic.twitter.com/u0WmwibnWp

— Yusuf (@YusufDFI) June 19, 2015

What do you do if you find a full-grown "crocodile" in the middle of a busy city road? Most would scream out in terror, naturally. And that's what happened on Thursday on Sulthanpalya Main Road in north Bangalore that took the motorists and locals by surprise.

Bangalore, which is supposed to be India's IT capital, is infamous for the potholed roads and conditions get worse with the monsoon showers, risking the lives of commuters. Despite repeated complaints, the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been unable to improve the road conditions of the so-called world-class city.

Frustrated by the failure of the BBMP to repair a giant pothole and a broken water pipe in the middle of the main road, a city-based artist, Baadal Nanjundaswamy, planted a 20kg life-sized crocodile in the 12-ft-long pothole and painted the pothole green. Bangalore has reportedly over 2,000 potholes in 422 of its main roads.

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