Bengaluru: 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”.
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.
