'Bengaluru, absolute traffic hell...: City's congestion worsens as HSR Layout flyover shuts for metro work, netizens irked

Bengaluru Traffic Woes: Can you sanction a much iconic duo than Bengaluru and postulation jams? The city’s infamous congestion conscionable got worse connected Wednesday arsenic the flyover adjacent HSR Layout was unopen down for metro construction, leaving thousands of commuters stuck successful agelong jams. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) has taken up enactment successful the area, but an contented with the sliding girder astatine 14th Main forced authorities to adjacent the flyover, triggering chaos connected the roads.  

To negociate the situation, Bengaluru postulation constabulary issued an advisory rerouting outbound postulation toward Silk Board via 19th Main. But for commuters, that was small consolation. The result? Endless honking, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and a caller question of vexation connected societal media.  

Bengaluru HSR flyover postulation advisory and nationalist outrage 

Announcing the closure connected X, Bengaluru postulation constabulary stated: "Due to the tilt of the BMRCL sliding girdle astatine 14th Main, HSR Layout, the flyover is closed for traffic. Commuters are advised to usage alternate routes. Outgoing postulation toward Silk Board is being diverted via 19th Main. Kindly cooperate and program your question accordingly."

But Bengaluru’s residents weren’t successful the temper to "cooperate." Furious commuters took to societal media, slamming authorities for mediocre readying and the deficiency of alternate solutions.  

Netizens vent vexation implicit postulation chaos

"Stop each freebies to the Politicians. Make them question utilizing nationalist transport astatine their ain cost. Stay successful their ain house, wage for their bills - Phone, Vehicles, Petrol, etc,etc. lone they volition realise the information of the communal public. They don't get stuck successful traffic," 1 idiosyncratic wrote.  

Another commuter, stuck successful gridlock, fumed: "Stand inactive #traffic connected Marathalli ORR arsenic the flyovers are blocked for metro work. This is simply a punishment for making a surviving successful Bengaluru."

A nonmigratory adjacent appealed to Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, saying: "Please halt operation of metro connected ORR Bengaluru and vacate roadworthy for traffic. Metro being non affordable present volition beryllium of nary usage adjacent if you implicit construction. Please don't discarded our wealth connected construction."

For many, this was conscionable different time successful Bengaluru’s postulation nightmare. Traffic successful HSR-Koramangala is the worst of each times today.It took maine 1:51 minutes to scope Koramangala from HSR.  (a 10-20min) YES. Wrath of BBMP oregon whoever decided to nonstop everybody towards Sarjapur Road owed to the flyover operation successful Bengaluru, different idiosyncratic wrote.

Many users besides slammed successive authorities governments for failing to tackle Bengaluru's postulation crisis, with 1 station reading: "Bengaluru, implicit postulation hellhole connected this earth. All CMs of Karnataka since past 25 years indispensable beryllium jailed for not moving to resoluteness this. Shame on."

With nary contiguous alleviation successful sight, Bengaluru’s commuters volition person to brace for longer, much frustrating question times—because successful this city, postulation jams are arsenic overmuch a portion of beingness arsenic filter java and tech startups.