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#BreakingNews | Bengaluru Gridlock: 5-Km School Journeys Stretch Beyond 2 Hours | Bengaluru Traffic Shock: 5–6 Km Takes More Than 2 Hours In Whitefield, Varthur Road Among Worst-Hit Stretches Sandeep Anirudhan (Citizens Agenda B'Luru Convener) joins the conversation Afreen Hussain shares more details #TheBreakfastClub #Bengaluru #Bangalore #BengaluruTraffic #BangaloreTraffic |... show more
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Varthur Gunjur Balagere road, same spot yesterday evening scenes. Lack of civic sense, very devastating road infrastructure, lack of traffic officers , no signals. This is every day drama

This Mahadevapura constituency has undergone 8000 crore worth of infra work in the last 7 years as per the MLA report. Basic question - where is the money gone? Pls take action on every contractor who has been part of this?

Request your colgue to show the the opposite of the Sofa and More shop (blue color) they are not bothered about fixing the existing road. But thy are cnstructng new roads there. Why? Probably just to get another developer to pass the building plan. Who will use this road? No one!

Why no other media worries about it. People should comeout, and do hartal. We have great corporate leaders, they should take lead for social issue as well

@PCMohanMP @MALimbavali

Trucks and lorries 🚛 is the problem

Pathetic unbearable situation and no one doing anything, no party cares, does anything meaningful...:( only big jargons ..

@WFRising There’s a perfect word for this called ‘Learned Helplessness’:The common man endures exploitation because past incidents of government apathy proved that protesting or seeking justice changes nothing. This conditioning makes them passively accept further exploitation by officials

@MALimbavali mam. We request basic infra- road.

Don't worry, my dear Bangaloreans, our Hon CM has solution to this. Build another flyover immediately and a tunnel after a year. If your children are still stuck in the bus, he will build multi - storey flyovers and tunnels below tunnel. Don't ask for public transport, building roads must be the priority @DKShivakumar

A school bus taking nearly 2.5 hours to cover just 4 km should concern all of us. Children sitting inside buses for hours, struggling through traffic, dust and heat, is not something we should simply accept as part of living in a big city. But I also feel we need to look at the problem beyond infrastructure alone. Yes, Bengaluru needs better roads. Potholes slow down traffic, damage vehicles and make daily commuting physically exhausting. But we also need discipline on the road. If people follow lanes, avoid unnecessary overtaking, don’t block intersections and respect basic traffic rules, a lot of congestion can be reduced. And discipline without enforcement rarely lasts. People who repeatedly break traffic rules need to face meaningful penalties. Governance has to be visible and consistent. So perhaps the answer is not one thing. Better roads. Better traffic management. Stronger enforcement. And better road discipline from all of us. Government has a responsibility. Authorities have a responsibility. But as citizens, we have one too. A city works better when infrastructure and behaviour improve together. Maybe it is time we stop accepting traffic chaos as “normal” and start asking what each stakeholder can do differently. Because spending 2.5 hours to travel 4 km cannot become the new normal.

Many of these school buses are itself the problem. These drivers make a third row wrong way like the bikers and choke the entire road.

No road repair can help, they messed up the entire infrastructure by approving so many skyscrapers, schools, corporate offices in such congested area and numerous new apartments (20+ floors) are coming up which will make it even worse than it is.

Authorities not worried

is this also not true for @MALimbavali can we not actually take resposibility and work for greater good of bengaluru instead of doing usual bjp-congress blame game. why can @GunjurCharan @MALimbavali , @krishnabgowda @DKShivakumar @narendramodi not work together for the state.

Congress freebies ruined our city

@OptimusPrimerv Ask your reporter if she is aware of the name Arvind Limbavali. That's the reason of this situation. He is the reason.

@krishnabgowda sir, pls intervene and help, this is affecting officer goers and school students alike.

Madam Even my mid failed to reach the exam hall a few years ago during the great ache din Please speak responsibility

I don't understand, why bengaluru hates traffic light. Anyone can choose to choke the whole line causing deadlock easily.

My son got late for his Term 1 exam and his school which is on this stretch didn't allow him start exam late. Although he prepared well for exam, now he will lose marks due to this poor infrastructure condition of the area. Who is responsible for his loss? Please name.

remove the varthur police station from it's place, it's blocking the main road the solution is clear, there's no intent to fix it

@WFRising Perfectly coined by judiciary - Darkfield. For a moment give it a thought - what if all residents here decide not to pay property tax and ppl stop buying property here - that’s tit for tat. But, we’re common man - no money, no time and like me - only keyboard warrior. Darrkfield

