Stuck in Bengaluru jam, commuters leave cars and walk home

Bengaluru's infamous traffic jam struck again on Wednesday night as heavy rain triggered a massive jam on the Electronic City flyover. Thousands of commuters, including many tech professionals, were stranded for over three hours, prompting some to abandon their vehicles and walk home. A video shared on social media captured the chaos, showing people getting out of their vehicles and walking back home. The Bengaluru traffic police closed down one side of the Electronics City flyover. This resulted in a massive traffic jam, lasting for over 3 hours.

Calling it “complete chaos”, an X (formerly Twitter) user wrote, “In this situation, if there is a medical emergency then there is no chance of survival. Electronic City flyover towards Madiwala is almost completely jammed Vehicles were not at all moving almost 2.30hrs for just 2 km.”

Tagging Madivala Traffic Police on X, another user shared the traffic situation and wrote, “Completely Jammed from past 1.5 hrs in the #electroniccity flyover. I must have reached my home now which is 30kms away. Logged out at 5:20 and we are still stuck! We can see most of the employees of various companies frustrated and starting to walk.”

When it rains, it floods in Bengaluru. For the past few weeks, Bengaluru has been facing heavy rainfall, leading to floods and loss of infrastructure and lives. On Tuesday, an under-construction building collapsed in the Horamavu Agara area in the eastern part of Bengaluru. There were around 20 people inside the building at the time of the collapse, said officials. Five people were killed.

The government has urged private companies to let their employees work from home. Schools have been shut.