Bengaluru bids to get out of a jam

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The garden city’s image of being perennially stuck in traffic desperately needs an overhaul, but whether the Congress regime’s Rs 73,600 crore mobility infrastructure plan is the answer is up for debate

CHOC-A-BLOC: Traffic jam on a road leading to the Yelahanka IAF station, Bengaluru, in February. (Photo: Hemant Mishra)

ISSUE DATE: Apr 21, 2025 | UPDATED: Apr 11, 2025 20:18 IST

The first flyover in Bengaluru opened in 1999, marking the beginning of a pivotal period when the city’s software-fuelled growth at the turn of the millennium would transform it into a global technology hub. But today, despite 42 elevated roads, the southern metropolis remains infamous for its traffic snarls. And that is because of a teeming vehicle count—there are an estimated 12 million vehicles in a city of 14 million people. All that may well change now if Karnataka deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar has his way and implements an ambitious new plan, which will rid the garden city of its traffic woes.