Reacting to reports of schoolchildren spending hours in traffic, Bangalore Central MP PC Mohan

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Reacting to reports of schoolchildren spending hours in traffic, Bangalore Central MP PC Mohan asked on X: “Yesterday, schoolchildren took 2.5 hours to travel just 4km. How can govt justify spending Rs 5,500 crore when citizens still struggle on unsafe roads?

Citizens expect all stakeholders, irrespective of political affiliation, to work together with agencies and local bodies to find solutions instead of passing the blame,” he said. MLA Manjula Limbavali said the area’s explosive growth had placed enormous pressure on infrastructure originally built to serve a much smaller population. Bengaluru: Angry citizens staged sharp and fierce counter-attacks on a BJP MP after he tried to blame the Cong govt for the traffic nightmare on the Varthur-Gunjur stretch. Responding to the MP’s post, Vinay Sharma, a resident, wrote: “The same playbook doesn’t work anymore. Every time there is an issue, the blame is shifted elsewhere. You find time to attend events and functions, but have you taken the initiative to sit down with officials and push for faster completion of road works? Another resident, Murali Krishnan, questioned why successive administrations had failed to address the area’s mounting traffic problems despite years of rapid urbanisation. “It is unfortunate that residents continue to face the same issues year after year.