A Bengaluru resident’s social media post describing his evening commute on the city’s Outer Ring Road (ORR) has gone viral, once again drawing attention to the city’s severe traffic congestion issues.
Varun Rangarajan, in a post on X, said he left Bellandur at 5:17 pm but remained stuck in traffic for hours. His post was shared at 8:52 pm, by which time he said he had already spent over three hours in traffic.
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1.5-hour delay for short distance on ORR
Rangarajan stated that it took him nearly 1.5 hours to travel from Kalyan Nagar to Manyata Tech Park, a distance of around 2 to 3 km. He also pointed out the absence of visible traffic police personnel along the route.
He added that Google Maps indicated he could have covered the same distance on foot in a similar amount of time. “Left Bellandur at 5:17 pm today and still stuck on ORR. It’s taken almost 1.5 hours to go from Kalyan Nagar to Manyata and there’s not a single traffic police personnel in sight. Google Maps says it would’ve taken me almost the same time to walk home,” he wrote on X.
