Shift CM's house here please, say Balagere residents in Bengaluru sarcastically to demand better roads
On Thursday, frustrated motorists uploaded videos and photographs of the slush-filled stretches and urged for better civic infrastructure with sarcasm by turning the spotlight on CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar.
"Please shift the houses of @CMofKarnataka and @DKShivakumar to Balagere Road. This road will become top class tomorrow," quipped X user Hemanath C. "We should have one house for each of them in every area of Bengaluru. Only then will traffic and road issues get resolved." Balagere Road, which connects the tech companies on Outer Ring Road (ORR) with the residential complexes on Varthur-Gunjur side, is one of the busiest roads in the tech corridor.
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The post, with a photo of the road resembling a muddy off-road trail, struck a chord. "Roads in Ladakh are better than this," commented Adarsh KN. Another user, Lakshmi Santosh, highlighted the bitter irony: "There are no roads in Panathur and Balagere, but a flat sqft price is Rs 13,000 upwards." Adding to the satire, Rajiv T wrote: "We've landed on the moon," while Sachin, another user, said: "BBMP is at least offering a free dirt track to all residents.
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Meanwhile, those staying off Balagere Road said the situation has deteriorated due to BWSSB's ongoing utility work and lack of proper road maintenance. Manjunath Reddy, a resident, said, "The roads are in a horrible state. I've almost stopped stepping out of my house. There is BWSSB work going on, and there is congestion in that road, due to which it is in a pathetic condition."
School teacher Vasudha R said it takes her 45 minutes to cross just 2km.
"The dust, traffic and waterlogging have made it unbearable. During monsoon, I have skidded about 4-5 times in a week because of the slushy roads. Who am I to blame?" she added.
With an increasing population and high property prices in the area, residents feel neglected. "Despite so much development, there is zero infrastructure support," said tech professional Santosh Gowda.
Senior BBMP officials said, "The road development work has been planned, but due to laying of pipes in 110 villages, the development was halted. Once they complete it, we will do the road repair works."
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