By News18
Traffic jams in Bengaluru have become so routine that waiting one to two hours during peak hours now feels normal. But what happens when the gridlock starts even before sunrise? A man recently shared his experience of being stuck in heavy traffic not once, but twice—once at 3:30 AM and again at 5:40 AM. Having lived in the city for over a decade, he says the situation is only getting worse. He also issued a stark warning, calling the city’s crumbling roads and overwhelmed systems a “ticking time bomb.”
Taking to Reddit, the user explained, “I’ve been in Bengaluru for the last 10 yrs and it is in the worst condition I’ve seen. Right now, the city is literally witnessing a negative compound effect, small negligence in all areas has snowballed into this ticking time bomb. Writing this based on 2 events I witnessed today. Took me almost 2 hours to travel from Indiranagar to Manyata Tech Park via ORR due to a traffic jam. Mind you, this was at 3:30 AM.”
“Beam collapse in front of Elements mall, entire route is blocked (5:40 AM). Saw glass pieces on the road, I believe it must have fallen on a car (can’t verify). Pretty sure it’s gonna be pandemonium there today. If there is anybody that can held these politicians and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) accountable, I highly recommend doing it right away,” the resident added.
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Reacting to the post, a user wrote, “I have been here for the last 12 years and seen it collapse in front of my eyes. I started taking the metro to work but that’s super overcrowded too. What to do? I sometimes feel that even the metro will collapse or break down with all the overcrowding. I have started taking my car to work. There’s garbage everywhere. Hardly any good roads to drive. No footpaths to go to a nearby grocery store, without jumping into an open manhole. No place to cycle. Rents are too high. This place is done.”
Another shared, “The whole ORR in that stretch is busy with metro work from night 12 to 5 AM. Both these are connected with metro work.”
“It is definitely getting worse. Bengaluru is coasting because all the western companies need to be somewhere in India to tap the talent, and there are only 4 cities that even have the basic infrastructure, and Bangalore has the best weather. I have never even thought of leaving Bangalore, and it is purely due to the weather,” a comment read.
An individual stated, “Already collapsed. Combine that with all the dumb moves the govt is making, Bengaluru is slowly becoming unliveable.”
One more added, “It’s funny that people complain about all this infrastructure when they don’t realise that this city’s population has far crossed the boundary of what is sustainable. I agree roads can be better, but people migrate in thousands daily and expect world-class traffic management.”
Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath wanted to understand why Bengaluru’s traffic problem never seems to improve. He met with the city’s Police Commissioner B Dayananda and Traffic Commissioner MN Anucheth to find out more. During a podcast, Anucheth shared that the city saw huge growth after the IT boom, but the roads and other systems didn’t grow at the same speed. Today, the city has one of the highest numbers of vehicles in the country, which has doubled in just 10 years. He feels that the best way forward is to improve public transport, since many people still depend mainly on BMTC buses.