Bengaluru: A massive pothole near RR Vatika restaurant in Rajarajeshwari Nagar has become a serious safety hazard for motorists, causing three accidents within a single day on June 4 and prompting locals to nickname the junction as a death trap.

The latest incident involved an 18-year-old and his mother, who were riding a two-wheeler when they hit the crater. The mother fell off the bike, sustaining injuries to her hands. Locals say the pothole is nearly 10cm deep and sits in the middle of a crucial junction in Ideal Homes Township."This is the third accident of the day. The woman was lucky there was no head injury," said Ramesh Seth, who owns an eatery close to the junction, which is one of the crucial arterial roads in the area and a gateway to one of RR Nagar's oldest residential layouts. "Hundreds of families along with others who pass through the layout use this stretch daily," explained Anuradha, a resident of the locality. "It's no longer just a bad road; it's a death trap."Citizens and the local residents' welfare associations have filed multiple complaints with BBMP, but say action is limited to temporary patchwork, often during polls or VVIP visits. "The road crumbles within days. Our MP and MLA ignore this part of the township," said Prashanth Badrinath, another resident.

"It's shameful that the BBMP zonal office is just 500 metres away and no official has inspected this 20-metre stretch for the past few months.

"With monsoon approaching, locals fear the pothole will soon turn into an invisible trap. "We need full resurfacing and asphalting of the road, not cosmetic repairs," said Pushpa Narayan, a senior citizen. Urban mobility expert Sivasubramaniam Jayaraman called out the lack of accountability. "The Integrated Command and Control Centre of BBMP responded online, but every day there's a new engineer and zero follow-through," he said. "This isn't just inefficiency — it's a failure of civic responsibility." However, BBMP officials from RR Nagar zone allayed fears and said the issue would be resolved soon.