Bengaluru's traffic woes lead to staggering ₹20,000 crore per year: Report

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₹20,000 crore per year, NDTV has reported. This study was conducted by MN Sreehari, a traffic expert and his team. They look over issues in the city related to road planning, flyover, traffic management and infrastructural deficit.

The study found that Bengaluru lost ₹19,725 crore despite having 60 completely functional flyovers due to delays, traffic, signal delays, interference of slow-moving vehicles with fast-moving, fuel loss and other related factors. The study showed estimates which stated that the city expanded from 88 square kilometres to 985 square kilometres in 2023, however, the study has proposed it expansion to 1,100 square kilometres. The study said as reported by NDTV that the city has a huge population of 14.5 million due to the increase of employment in IT sector which has also led to infrastructure development for the people.

Moreover, the study added that city also has a vehicle population of nearly 1.5 crore. The report also added that the road length growth which is 11,000 km is not in proportion with the area and vehicular growth. "The exponential growth of population and their job potential speed could not match with the infrastructural growth that is existing.

The gap deficiency has resulted in delays, congestion, higher travel time, and huge economic loss (intangible) in terms of direct and indirect cost," Sreehari and his team said as quoted by NDTV. The experts as reported by NDTV have suggested radial roads, ring roads, underground transportation for metros, government buses. Apart from this, the experts have also suggested more underground-based road systems to cater the road traffic for next 25 years.