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A recent viral video on social media has reignited public frustration over the state of Bengaluru’s pedestrian infrastructure. The post, addressed directly to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, highlights the shocking lack of continuous, walkable footpaths across major parts of the city.
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Despite Bengaluru’s ambition of becoming a modern metropolis, it continues to fail at providing even 500 meters of uninterrupted, safe pedestrian walkways in many areas. Instead, footpaths are routinely blocked by a range of obstacles, from open drains and electric transformers to hanging wires, encroachments, garbage piles, and illegally parked trucks. Street vendors and extended shopfronts often take over whatever little space remains, forcing pedestrians onto dangerous roads.
Why is Bengaluru failing as a modern city?
Because no one cares about common pedestrians. You can’t find even 500 meters of continuous, walkable footpaths in most parts of the city.What do you get instead?
Open drains, transformers, dangling wires, street vendors, encroaching… pic.twitter.com/c5U3xNIDzJ— Civic Opposition of India (@CivicOp_india)
Why is Bengaluru failing as a modern city?
Because no one cares about common pedestrians. You can’t find even 500 meters of continuous, walkable footpaths in most parts of the city.
What do you get instead?
Open drains, transformers, dangling wires, street vendors, encroaching… pic.twitter.com/c5U3xNIDzJ— Civic Opposition of India (@CivicOp_india) July 26, 2025
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The post calls for an urgent shift in focus , away from expensive underground tunnel projects, toward the city's most basic infrastructure need: well-maintained footpaths. It urges the government to privatize footpath maintenance and hand over responsibilities to competent private agencies through proper contracts and monitoring mechanisms.
Citizens argue that until the city gets its footpaths right, claims of development and world-class infrastructure will remain hollow.
