Traffic restrictions in Bengaluru on Aug 10 ahead of PM Modi’s visit
Bengaluru, Aug 09 (PTI): Traffic Police have announced traffic restrictions across several key routes in Bengaluru on August 10 between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm, anticipating heavy crowds and VIP movement during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit.
In a traffic advisory issued, motorists are advised to avoid Marenahalli Main Road (from Rajalakshmi Junction to Marenahalli 18th Main Road), Marenahalli East End Main Road Junction to Aravind Junction, Silk Board to Hosur via Electronic City Elevated Flyover, and Hosur Road, and the stretch from Hosur to Bengaluru city during this time.
Restrictions will also be enforced on roads in Electronic City Phase 1, including Infosys Avenue, Velankani Road, and HP Avenue Road, it said.
The Traffic Police have recommended alternative routes to ease congestion. To reach Jayadeva Hospital from Rajalakshmi Junction, commuters can use Sarakki Market Road, 9th Cross Road, IG Circle, and RV Dental Junction. To access Bannerghatta Road, divert from Sarakki Junction via Outer Ring Road.
To reach Banashankari from East End Circle, travel via 29th Main Road, 28th Main Road, Delmia Junction, Outer Ring Road, Sarakki Junction, and Kanakapura Road. For Kanakapura, Mysuru, and Tumakuru roads from Hosur Road, take Jigani Road, Bommasandra Junction, and NICE Road.
Those traveling from NICE Road to Hosur Road should exit at Bannerghatta Junction and use Jigani Road and Bommasandra Junction.
To reach Sarjapur, Varthur, Whitefield, and Hoskote from Hosur, take Dommasandra Road via Chandapura Junction. From HSR Layout, Koramangala, Bellandur, and Whitefield to Hosur, use Sarjapur Road and Chandapura.
Within Electronic City Phase 1, commuters are advised to use 2nd Cross Road, Shikaripalya Road, Hulimangala Road, and Gollahalli Road.
Parking will be prohibited on Marenahalli Main Road, 4th Main Road, and 18th Main Road between 8.30 am and 2.30 pm, it further said.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
