Travel blogger’s post on Bengaluru gridlock goes viral, city shares its traffic trauma
Bengaluru, Jul 21 (PTI): A travel blogger’s viral post on Bengaluru’s infamous traffic has struck a chord online, prompting a flood of responses from residents sharing their own nightmare tales of being gridlocked in the city.
From missed flights to hours-long commutes for just a few kilometres, the post has reopened a collective wound—reminding many that in Bengaluru, getting stuck in traffic isn’t the exception, it’s the routine.
Posting a video of a jam-packed road ahead of her on her Instagram account (@travel_foodie_gals) four days ago, a travel blogger joked that her friend—whom she had dropped off at the Bengaluru airport—had already reached Dubai, while she was still stuck in traffic.
By July 20, the post had gone viral, triggering an avalanche of comments from people sharing their own traffic "horror stories".
Narrating a similar experience, Vandana U (@vandana.uliyaa) wrote: “Once, while traveling from Male, I called my friend just after completing check-in. She started from her place around the same time. I landed in Bangalore, collected my bags, and stepped out… only to find out she was still stuck in traffic.”
Another user, @purvi_spammmm, said she had faced something similar: “My parents dropped me at the airport, and they reached home at the same time I landed in Delhi.”
Shilpa Sarkar Majumdar added that it takes her just two hours by air to reach her hometown, Port Blair, from Bengaluru.
“It’s traumatic that it takes the same amount of time to get from the airport to Koramangala,” she wrote.
Rini Rohilla (@rinirohilla) chimed in from Delhi, saying the situation isn't much better there. “I once dropped my sister-in-law at the Delhi airport and headed home. She landed in Chennai at the same time I reached my house.”
User @chauhan_dikshya shared, “I missed my flight twice while travelling from Electronic City to the airport. Now I’m so paranoid, I reach the airport five hours early.”
Vignesh (@baligavignesh) agreed that this isn’t just a Bengaluru problem. “Story of all big cities. The inter-office transport bus started at 6.30 pm and reached another office at 7.10 pm—just 1.9 km away. It took a few of us only 20 minutes to walk there. This is in Hyderabad,” he wrote.
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MI beat PBKS by 6 wickets
Dharamsala (PTI): Already out of play-offs race, Mumbai Indians beat Punjab Kings by six wickets in their IPL match here on Thursday.
Tilak Varma remained not out on 75 off 33 balls as MI chased down the target of 201 with one ball to spare. Will Jacks gave Varma company with 25 not out off 10 balls as MI reached 205 for 4 in 19.5 overs.
For Punjab, Azmatullah Omarzai was the most successful bowler with figures of 2/36.
Earlier, Shardul Thakur returned with excellent figures of 4 for 39 for MI, who are already out of the IPL play-offs race, but Punjab Kings still scored 200 for 8.
Deepak Chahar (2/36), Corbin Bosch (1/42) and Raj Bawa (1/11) were the other MI wicket takers.
Brief Scores:
Punjab Kings: 200 for 8 in 20 overs (Prabhsimran Singh 57; Shardul Thakur 4/39).
Mumbai Indians: 205 for 4 in 19.5 overs (Tilak Varma 75 not out; Azmatullah Omarzai 2/36).
