https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/12km-in-two-hours-bengaluru-traffic-turns-a-nightmare-after-bus-breaks-down-on-outer-ring-road/articleshowprint/124559385.cms?val=3728Bengaluru: A major traffic jam stretching for several kilometres brought Outer Ring Road (ORR) to a standstill Tuesday evening after a BMTC electric bus broke down near Ecospace junction.
The jam was so severe that motorists took nearly two hours to cover a distance of 12km. The breakdown, which occurred around 4.30pm, led to a cascading traffic jam affecting key stretches between Marathahalli, Kadubeesanahalli, Devarabisanahalli and Bellandur — the heart of the city’s IT corridor.
Traffic police confirmed the incident through an advisory posted on X at 4.43pm: “Due to vehicle breakdown near the Ecospace junction towards Marathahalli, Kadubeesanahalli, Devarabisanahalli, Bellandur is having slow-moving traffic.”
Officers were deployed on the spot to push the bus aside and restore vehicular movement. A senior police officer said the bus broke down right in the middle of the road, choking the carriageway. “Traffic movement in Bellandur direction got affected. Police pushed the bus to the side and cleared the road. Since it is a busy stretch, vehicles were moving at a snail’s pace for almost an hour,” he said.
The gridlock, however, persisted for several hours, with commuters reporting travel times of nearly two hours to cover less than 10km. “Pathetic traffic… it took 2 hours 10 minutes from Brookfield to Sarjapur Road, just 12km,” one user wrote on X.
Another added: “One bus stopped on a road made the whole of Bengaluru cry for hours.” A third commuter said, “I experienced the worst traffic today, from Bagmane Mahadevapura to Brookfield — at least in the last three years.” Another posted: “10km in 1 hour 40 minutes on ORR. Unliveable city. Needs serious intervention.”
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