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• • • Video: Massive Traffic Jam on Bengaluru’s Marathahalli-Silk Board Road Brings City to Standstill | WATCH Video: Massive Traffic Jam on Bengaluru’s Marathahalli-Silk Board Road Brings City to Standstill | WATCH Bengaluru Rains: Massive Traffic Jam on Marathahalli-Silk Board Junction Road, Commuters Irked Bengaluru Rains: Bangaloreans, especially office-goers had an annoying experience on Monday morning as they were stuck for hours owing to the massive traffic jam on the Marathahalli-Silk Board road —one of the major junctions connecting the Electronic City. Hundreds of vehicle riders and drivers had a harrowing time reaching offices due to waterlogged roads at many areas in the IT city. Besides, the Richmond Road constructed under the Smart City Project is facing the problem of water logging and people are left fuming against authorities. Traffic police have also advised people against leaving homes unless absolutely necessary. Taking to Twitter, Kala Krishnaswamy, deputy commissioner of police (Traffic), said, “Commuters please note….. before you venture out today expect slow moving traffic in a lot of places in the city because of continuous rains and water logging. Please plan your travel accordingly. Traffic police are on their job . Easing and regulating the traffic…” BENGALURU RAINS: LIST OF ROADS TO AVOID • Jayanthigram Circle • Kalyananagara under bridge • Geddalahalli Railway bridge • Vaddara palya junction • Eco world • Marathahalli-Silk board junction road ...

Bengaluru Rains LIVE Updates: Karnataka?s Bengaluru is battling severe waterlogging with heavy rain lashing the city, leading to flood-like situation in several areas. Chief Minister Bommai said that the government would talk to IT companies and discuss compensation for losses due to rain-related damages. Waterlogging caused by torrential showers on Sunday caused severe traffic jams on Monday morning. A massive traffic jam was caused on Marathahalli-Silk Board junction road in Bengaluru amid severe waterlogging. Drinking water supply will remain shut for two days in parts of Bengaluru, according to a report by India Today. Heavy rains in the city led to several areas being inundated and water-logging on roads including arterial ones hit traffic flow while boats and tractors were pressed into service in certain parts. It’s not just “nature’s fury”, but rampant corruption, indiscriminate construction and disastrous engineering that has left Bengaluru to drown. Overnight rains in the past week have once again left India’s technology hub exposed and crumbling, with its 12 million residents left at the mercy of civic apathy. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he will be visiting the T.K.Halli unit of Bengaluru Water Board in Mandya district that will manage the drinking water supply to Bengaluru City due to the rushing of water into the unit following heavy rains on Sunday night. “I am leaving for Mandya soon after Teachers’ day function to assess the situation”, he told repo...

Amid incessant rainfall in Bengaluru, waterlogging and long traffic jams on several stretches have left the general public struggling to carry out day-to-day operations. Meanwhile, residents have taken to their social media handles to call out the BBMP for the inconvenience being caused to them due to the poor road conditions. The heavy rainfall also caused damage to life and property in the city. Several houses and buildings were battered, trees uprooted while vehicles got submerged under water on overflowing roads. Citizens also took to social media rains to share pictures and videos of waterlogged roads criticising the Bruhat Bengaluru

Kala Krishnaswamy, deputy commissioner of police (Traffic), took to social media and wrote “Commuters please note….. before you venture out today expect slow moving traffic in a lot of places in the city because of continuous rains and water logging. Please plan your travel accordingly. Traffic police are on their job . Easing and regulating the traffic...” Here are the few roads that traffic cops warned commuters about. Kalyan Nagar bridge Banaswadi Traffic Police appealed commuters to avoid Jayanthigram Circle as waterlogging has been reported from the area. People travelling Manyatha Tech Park for work are stuck in traffic on the same road. Banaswadi Traffic Police wrote, “Water logging near Jayanthigram circle, Kalyananagara under bridge, Geddalahalli Railway bridge, Vaddara palya junction due to heavy rain at night. Traffic is moving slowly. We are clearing the traffic."

Bengaluru reeled under severe waterlogging after incessant heavy rainfall lashed the city. Waterlogging led to traffic jams and disruptions in the lives of ordinary people in several parts of Bengaluru, including Koramangala, Malleswaram, Rajajinagar & Seshadripuram and the Marathahalli-Silk Board junction road.

Synopsis It took time to get the road cleared since the vehicle was stuck between the high tension electric poles. "Any mismanagement would have led to untoward consequences . Two cranes, two JCBs and two towing vehicles were deployed," tweeted Sujeetha Salman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic South Division, Bengaluru City. Many techies were forced to return home in It took time to get the road cleared since the vehicle was stuck between the high tension electric poles. "Any mismanagement would have led to untoward consequences . Two cranes, two JCBs and two towing vehicles were deployed," tweeted Sujeetha Salman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic South Division, Bengaluru City. "It's been 3 hours… stuck at HSR 27th Main. Worst traffic this far. High time that IT cos. and Tech startups start looking for alternative cities. #Bengaluru #bangaloretraffic," tweeted @CA_PathakJI. Another user @Nishadmonpk said: "Started from Electronic city at 9.30 AM to Koramangala for work. 2 hrs gone, Still in Electronic City flyover." @cdhaval25 tweeted that he is "working from cab today in Bengaluru as huge traffic jam between sarjapur junction till Axa building BTM (~7km)" @meerak lamented the traffic situation in India's silicon valley. "People spent hours trying to get to work today - from their homes off Sarjapur Road! Blame it on large apt communities + low road density + poor public transport connectivity," she tweeted. Don’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily d...

Any buyer in Bangalore? 🤔 A Twitterati wrote and echoed his views,"Most of roads are not wide enough to handle traffic in Bangalore, even if we have good roads, vehicle population and road width that can handle two medium-sized car still people need to use only 1st gear!!!!! and fun is when it rains, roads are designed to be canals!!! Most of roads are not wide enough to handle traffic in Bangalore, even if we have good roads, vehicle population and road width that can handle two medium sized car 🚗 still people need to use only 1st gear!!!!! and fun is when it rains, roads are designed to be canals!!!— MohanV (@vmohan388) Another user commented on the tweet,"Same situation for everyone in Bengaluru. Soon we would discover travelling in tunnels is easier in Bengaluru as the digging never stops and digged roads never covered." Same situation for everyone in Bengaluru. Soon we would discover travelling in tunnels is easier in Bengaluru as the digging never stops and digged roads never covered— Sreerama Villa (@SreeramVilla) Bengaluru is the most Traffic Congested City in the world, according to a report released by location technology company TomTom (TOM2). The southern Indian city expects to spend an average of 71 per cent extra travel time stuck in traffic. Bengalureans driving during peak hours, spend an extra 243 hours, i.e., 10 days, three hours in traffic each year, it said in a statement.