'Please help': 5-year-old girl appeals to PM Modi on 'very bad' Bengaluru road; heartfelt letter goes viral
NEW DELHI: A cute handwritten letter for Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
has gone viral, leaving the users awestruck. Written by a five-year-old girl, the letter highlights the traffic issue in Bengaluru seeking resolution in the cutest way one could imagine.
Bengaluru resident Abhiroop Chatterjee shared a handwritten letter from his daughter, who is five years old, pleading with PM Modi to ease traffic in the IT city because she frequently arrives late for school. She also draws attention to how bad the condition of roads are. He posted the letter, dated August 10, along with the following caption: "PM is visiting Bangalore. My 5-year-old girl sees it as her chance to finally fix traffic.
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Abhiroop's daughter, Arya, wrote a brief letter to the prime minister pleading with him to address the city's persistent traffic problems. 'Narendra Modi ji, there is lot of traffic. We get late to school and office. The road is very bad. Please help,' she wrote.
Arya's name, age, location (Bengaluru), and date (10-8-2025) are all signed on the letter. A heart, a flower, and a few shapes are among the little illustrations or symbols that are adorably placed next to the signature.
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The little girl's plea reflects the worries of many others, particularly corporate commuters, who are tired of having to put up with annoying traffic jams on their everyday commutes.
Social media users have left countless comments and thousands of likes on the post. Some of the responses are as follows:
One person commented, 'The most difficult part is explaining to children why things are so bad in India. Sometimes I wonder if I have failed as a parent.'
Some social media users have hailed the parents for establishing that the government is in charge of the roads' deteriorating state and poor infrastructure for their child, and how questions need to be asked of the authorities.
Another user wrote, 'Hope is a good thing. But keeping hope for good governance is like holding sand in your hand. Thanks to BJP and Congress.'
Others expressed frustration at the crumbling infrastructure in Bengaluru. "The roads from Koramangala to Indiranagar nearly killed me." I pay income tax of Rs 3 lakh, and all I get is the roads, which are like a highway to hell."
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