Bengaluru traffic so bad, even DK Shivakumar’s kids fight with him!

Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar reveals that even his children fight with him for Bengaluru’s crippling congestion, as the city wrestles between road expansion and mass transit solutions.

Bengaluru’s endless traffic nightmare has now entered the Deputy Chief Minister’s own household. D.K. Shivakumar candidly admitted during a council discussion that his children often confront him over the city’s choking congestion, sometimes even arguing that daily travel feels like a punishment.

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Drawing comparisons with New Delhi, Shivakumar said Bengaluru’s road network has barely changed since Kempegowda’s time, while vehicle numbers have multiplied to unsustainable levels. The result is that journeys of just 10 to 15 kilometres can stretch for hours, testing the patience of citizens from office-goers to high court judges.

With over 1.2 crore registered vehicles and lakhs more entering from surrounding districts each day, the city’s fragile road system is bursting at the seams. Traditional solutions like road widening are no longer feasible, with land prices making such projects nearly impossible.

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Instead, Shivakumar pitched elevated corridors and even double-decker flyovers as long-term strategies. But his remarks reignited the larger question haunting the city: should Bengaluru continue investing in more roads or commit fully to sustainable public transport?

The capital’s infrastructure is already groaning under incomplete flyovers, delayed metro stretches, and roads pockmarked with potholes. Monsoon rains only deepen the crisis, flooding arterial routes and exposing the city’s fragile drainage system. For residents, the gridlock has become more than just an inconvenience, it’s a daily battle against time, fatigue, and frayed tempers.

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