Traffic in the dream city

Namma Bengaluru - Yes, a dream city !!! Its a very special place with lovely climatic conditions and topology. Needless to say, when there is more publicity, development of infrastructure, more educational facilities and job opportunities and various other indirect factors, there is migration of population and hence the weight on the road, and traffic is caused.

Of late , the silicon city has witnessed tremendous development and growth. The effect is quite visible. Earlier in Bengaluru, I never have seen such a wild and congested traffic. Every possible roads are congested. In nut shell, it is quite logical to say that there has been very less development that took place in roadways, traffic system etc compared to the development that took place in other sectors like industries , establishment of various research & software design centre, aerospace, telecommunication, defense organizations etc.

But is this the only cause for traffic? Of Course not. People should understand that all the major cities in the country or say major metros all over the world face similar problems. Blaming the city and the police would do no good. There are many other reasons too. Most importantly, the citizens of Bengaluru. I don't think we can count the number of people disobeying the traffic rules every minute. There is no strict lane maintainance in the city. I must mention - Auto and cab drivers are first among them.


Time is Not far away when the people of Bangalore will have to face all sorts of traffic problem. One must follow the traffic signals not just for your own safety, but for everyone's convenience too.

One more incidence worth mentioning in this context. Recently, I was stuck in traffic near Lalbagh. The traffic was moving one foot every 5 minutes!!! But I must say, i dint get bored at all. Thanks to BBMP for beautiful paintings on the walls. It took me a lot of time to reach the next signal. I was happy I would clear the next "GREEN" signal but for my bad luck, an auto driver trying to change the lane hit a car in front of me ! Ufff.. There was a big chaos. It was a horrible experience that day. The car and the auto drivers fighting in the middle of the road, many people unnecessarily involving in the argument, all vehicles behind them honking continuously, and finally, there comes the traffic police. It was really good to have him there. The traffic got cleared in just 5 minutes.

All these unnecessarily increase the existing traffic congestion. These things I feel, can really help decrease the congestion -
1. Most important, Lane maintainance.
2. Traffic rules must be obeyed no matter what.
3. Don't ever avoid a "ONE WAY" sign.
4. Do not park your vehicles in "NO PARKING" zone or in places which would reduce the lane width for the other vehicles.

With the coming of Namma Metro a lot of these issues must be solved. Citizens should make use of public transport when ever possible. It’s the best way to avoid being in pollution and in turn we can help to reduce pollution.

I must mention this. Just recently, I was stuck in a traffic signal near RajBhavan for about 15 minutes. All the lanes had "RED" signal and I was wondering why, when I just saw a few minister cars pass by. The cars just crossed the signal in a minute when the rest of the public have been waiting still for 15 minutes !

IS IT JUSTIFIABLE ?

Why can't the same thing be done to the ambulance instead ??? It might save a life!

I hope the government takes necessary actions to evaluate the development of Bangalore city and the steps required to take to meet the growing demands of the population. Moreover, to make the Bangalore city redefined and reshaped to face the challenge of new emerging hi-tech metro city of India :-) I hope I see the day when we can say road rage is obsolete word in this city traffic. I hope my dream and every one’s dream of turning our Beautiful Bengaluru into an ultra modern world Class City for its inhabitants will come true very soon.