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Students in Bengaluru’s tech corridor are losing hundreds of classroom hours each year as school buses crawl through crippling congestion on the Varthur–Sarjapur stretch.
Children in Bengaluru’s tech corridor are paying a heavy price for the city’s crippling traffic. On the Varthur-Sarjapur Road stretch, where more than 30 private and government schools are located, an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 students are stuck in gridlock every day.
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Over 1,300 school buses ply this corridor, and each student spends an average of 180 minutes commuting daily. This adds up to nearly 600 hours a year-time that could otherwise be spent in classrooms, at home, or in extracurriculars.
What makes matters worse is that the situation has steadily declined. Travel data reveals that while commute times saw a temporary dip in 2022-23, they have since worsened sharply. For example, the return trip to Prestige Falcon City, which took 130 minutes in 2019, dropped to 108 minutes in 2022-23, but has now ballooned to 164 minutes in 2025-26.
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A separate survey by a private school in the area confirmed the trend, showing that bus journeys this academic year are taking 32% longer than last year. For parents, teachers, and children alike, the daily ordeal has become a test of patience and endurance.
With every passing year, the worsening gridlock on the city’s tech belt underscores the urgent need for long-term solutions. For now, though, Bengaluru’s students continue to lose precious hours of learning and childhood to endless traffic jams.
