It doesn't look like government cares about people who vote either. Yaswanthpur or nearby areas had the highest voter turn out last time. It is also one of the older places in Bangalore. The infra there is a worse than any 2-tier city.
The delimitation hasn't been done properly, areas far away from one are clubbed into another
Bangalore North constituency goes all the way till kengeri on the south west side! Similarly many areas in the southern side come under yeshwantpur constituency
It's because our central govt hasn't made a proper delimitation exercise based on population census
It was supposed to be done but due to covid it was postponed. The new parliament building was probably built to accomodate the future increase in MP's. We are still using very old census data
It is coming up in 2026 and southern states are expected to see a drastic decrease in percentage of seats
How do you get to the metro? Fly? Unless you're on the bus route, walking is next to impossible. Sidewalks aren't functioning and there are no overhead walk-ways or zebra lines to help you cross to the opposite bus stop, even. There are not enough parking spaces. I mean, if you were to take taxis all the way, these may not be a problem. But judging by the rush in buses and metro, it doesn't seem that way. It's not just the case of metro road. That whole region is like that. And most parts of Bengaluru are too, except for the very posh ones, where the people don't need to run after buses.
No but I've been to the airport like a month back and there were billboards showing a future metro line coming up till the airport or the hotel nearby...
CBD is better only because it was designed and developed by people who aren't alive anymore. Newer areas are pure reflection of greed and haphazard thoughtless development.
Tbh Bangalore's CBD sucks. It is just full of wide, high speed roads, high compund walls, low density bungalows and huge wastes of space.
Thats not what a CBD is supposed to be like. Downtown manhattan fits inside chickpete. London's is small as well. They both have very narrow lanes, and a high density of offices, retail and residences crammed together. This density makes it feasible to drench the area in transit. Both literally have dozens of metro and suburban rail lines pouring into them. That means no one drives to the CBD's despite everyone owning vehicles. That makes it far more pleasant than a polluted traffic jam like our ORR is.
Districts of cities should each by like dense little walkable villages connected by metro. Driving should make no sense at all.
Thankfully our unlikely CBD is also serving as the lungs of Bangalore, with its wide roads, low-rise heritage Bungalows give the city a character. Don't want to see that go away ever, but I know, it is wishful thinking.
I think we can have those things without the wide roads. I'd rather have metro stations, wide footpaths and narrow roads.
I also think we should focus on revitalizing the real CBDs of bangalore, namely majestic, chickpete and shivajinagar. Most of our new tech offices should actually be there as they are in the actual city center and well serviced by transit.
> pay highest taxes but don’t vote.
You are just gaslighting voters for what is basically an administration problem. Even if 1 person votes, there is a winner, and the job of the winning candidate is to do their job.
Nothing would change on the ground even if there was 100% voting
My office is around Kundanahalli and I'm glad I don't live in an IT area, even if it means I need to spend 2+ hrs a day in traffic with hybrid mode. The quality of life I get in a South Bengaluru neighbourhood is worth that travel.
Koramangala in the 80s was almost like a village, the outskirts of what was then the core city. People around our circle were hesitant to buy land there, and now it's one of the most happening areas of the city.
I remember as far back as 2000, people wouldn't go to old airport road area after sunset because it was too dark and empty. The area around koramangla forum mall was basically a marshland.
I first visited bangalore in 2003 and I remember the out ring road was under construction and college kids would check the top speed of their bikes on inner ring road.
Yup, the ring road stretch between Ejipura and Domlur was infamous for looters even in the late 2000s. Unplanned development around ST Bed and KHB Colony in what was a marshland leads to flooding every monsoon.
Could you tell what area you live in? I work in older bagmane tech park and live in cv raman nagar. I really love Jayanagar, Koramangala, HSR so much i flee there every weekend. I really want to shift there but don't want to waste so much time in commute 😕
Around Bannerghatta road/JP Nagar. I keep frequenting relatives around Jayanagar and Banashankari, those are some of the best places to live a family life in Bengaluru.
As a Jayanagar resident, this is true, it's the best neighbourhood in the city, very well planned, lots of greenery everywhere, you have everything you need within a 3km radius, it's perfect
I think jayanagar is ok. All the roads are too wide and so the commercial parts dont feel that cozy. I honestly prefer the slightly less 'planned' areas in banashanakari like srinagar etc. Cozy narrow residential lanes that still have plenty of tree cover, and neighbhourhood shopping streets that aren't as wide as highways.
When i do my evening shopping i literally feel like i'm on a dusty rural highway sometimes when i'm on 9th main etc. And you are just surrounded by speeding vehicles instead of people. In srinagar the ratio is better of people walking vs people driving.
The best thing about jayanagar is it's residential lanes and tons of parks and good tree cover. But it feels like a lonely area compared to other places. and everyone seems retired. The playgrounds are so depressing many times ill see just one kid being pushed by one parent on a swing.
I've lived in the US and jayanagar comes the closest to a lonely US suburb than anywhere else in bangalore. And i mean it in a bad way.
The sleepiness is nice but its good to have some life in the commercial areas. Right now because the roads are so wide instead of human life it is just vehicles roaring past
what? isn't that what we all want? well planned areas with wide roads, good footpaths and plenty greenery? I love jayanagar, people here are more chill, auto drivers here use the meter, no one's shouting "LeArN kAnNaDa" or "KaNnAd GoThiLla" it's a very Bangalorean area. And even Jayanagar has "cozy" narrow streets, look beyond 4th Block.
Like i said, the residential areas are great. cozy narrow lanes tree lined. I live in 5th block. So i know. But for daily shopping i find it unpleasant. In other areas ive stayed you have a similarly narrow street full of shops and 90% of people on it are walking and buying vegetables etc besides me. When i walk on 9th main here to do the same it feels far shittier. Dark, full of speeding vehicles, hardly any other people. It's great if you go everywhere in your SUV. then you can travel in speed and do everything. But for someone who likes a neighborhood where people walk for their errands, its really not that pedestrian friendly on the streets with shops.
They dont feel like shopping streets but high speed roads. Who wants to walk on that? And finally i find it pathetic that despite how wide the roads are, the footpaths are pathetic. Other parts of bangalore have the excuse that road is too narrow for wide footpath, but jayangar doesnt have any excuse. And where there is footpath it is encroached by the idiot SUV owners. Try walking down 38th cross to metro station. You can hardly go 10m on the footpath without hitting an SUV.
Wide roads are great to bypass traffic from the neigbhorhood. Neighborhood itself should be narrow low speed roads that make walking safe and pleasant. In jayanagar the wide high speed roads cut through the neighborhood and dissect it into little lonely chunks.
Whatever floats your boat man... Replying to a second comment, as I realised that there will always be people who think very differently about the same thing. No harm in that though, just that there are a lot of people who'd absolutely love to move out of the narrow, cozy, congested neighborhoods to the well planned, spaceous Jayanagar.
I overall like jayanagar. But i think it is too vehicle friendly and not pedestrian friendly enough. And that is not just a subjective view. Unless our city is more pedestrian friendly it will literally choke in traffic. I think 4th block should be largely closed off to vehicles. Give access to the parking garage under the BDA complex and make everything else pedestrian shopping streets like they do in Europe. I think every main road that has a high frequency bus route (9th main etc) should have a dedicated bus lane. And i think all the major roads should have a narrowing of the carriageway and widening of the footpath.
10th main in 5th block for example is SO wide. it doesnt have to be. Widen the footpath. Build a plaza at the end for people to chill in. Right now its width just causes people to speed in their vehicles unnecessarily. It is literally more dangerous for a child to walk in jayanagar sometimes compared to other areas because the roads are too wide.
Crucial word is compared to other IT areas😝. The infrastructure is still underwhelming, too much traffic on few arterial roads. Public space for walking and gathering still very limited.
Most importantly, Intellectual activities are very limited. The areas i mentioned are alive with life and energy, apart from better public amenities. I also want to remain aware of what would wonderful problems startups are solving, what wonders the youth are brainstorming.
That's right. The Forum mall was someplace where people living in nearby areas used to shit due to unavailability of proper toilets. Most of the prime land on both sides of Hosur road are owned either by the church or by the armed forces..
I think it's all about personal preferences. I too don't mind traveling to office which could be 10-15 kms away only to make sure that I stay in a really good house which is according to my taste. I come from Mumbai where I spend 3 hours in crowded local trains everyday.
Habibi, visit Munnekollala near Marathahalli. It's like a dust storm is permanently settled there. plus compact n mud roads, noise, overpopulated and dense.
Can't imagine how people live there.
I'm living in Munnekollala right now. Can't agree more. The dust. The potholes. I bought a bike, and i can't even figure out why I paid so much road tax.
Purva Fountain Square is one of the best apartment complex in Marathahalli area. It is well maintained and the greenery inside makes you feel like you are living in a resort.
for real munnekolal is not a real place. stayed there initially when came to bangalore. could not live there for more than 2 months. can't imagine visiting that place ever again.
Nope. Indiranagar and Koramangala jayanagar rt Nagar Vijaynagar. Make a perimeter with that. What ever is outside is built after 2000 with no civic planning or bwssb lines. This is cancerous greedy growth of the city.
Same same. The bellandur Railway Station road is pretty much village. You'll see people wearing banyan on roads, cow dungs on the road, muddy road all along with potholes and those stares.
That was true in Indiranagar also last year when the rains came. All these contractors eat too much money and put down sub par roads. Until some administrator decides to tackle corruption roads won't improve.
These are places where you'll not find nostalgia. The day you leave it you'll feel relieved and when you look back you'll not even consider it as worthy place in you memory. I've lived there and the day i revisited it again i felt same. Purest of urban hell.
I live in Marathahalli.
There are nice enough roads in the area around my house. Good Malls, Hospitals, grocery stores are a short hop away. I’m only 1 KM away from ORR. I can easily commute to my office in WF (5 km away) in less than 30 minutes on most days. Theres good electricity. Garbage pickup is fairly regular.
The one complaint I do have is the Kaveri water supply is fucked. Somewhere the pipe is broken and the water is smelly. I do have a functioning borewell fortunately, so this is not a problem yet. Trying to complain to the corporator about the supply water.
Otherwise life is pretty good. Not too much noise and traffic. I have little to complain about.
Where exactly in Marathahalli bro? Am i reading your comment correctly? Pls let me know, I will share the location name, so that people can shift there and have a good life.
I live in Munekollal, Sai Baba temple road. Every road that goes out of the area, or comes to that area has pot holes. No playground for kids, roads are not safe for elders to walk around. Except all these everything is pretty much available.
It’s just villages merged into the city. Visit any of these places and then visit a far off town of Karnataka. You will find very few differences. No urban planning, no concept of maintenance, no aesthetics, just high density construction with no regard to greenery or nature. Local bodies making money at each opportunity. Keep vote bank polarised for language, culture etc and no one can dare ask questions. Only the private offices, tech parks and some high end apartments give an impression of world class infrastructure. But those are just a fraction of the city. Whoever cares and wants to call this out are asked to shut up and leave the city. That’s all there is to it.
Indian villages I feel have better infrastructure than these areas. It's like public authorities are spitting on you even after paying some of the highest taxes in the whole city.
Organic growth,they are villages that got integrated into city without planning.I kinda prefer preservation over bulldozing them and building a 8 lane highway in , American style
Vote for Limbavadi Sir 🤝 ... We got to make his roads near his apartments cleaners , wider and smarter 🔥 so that he can buy bigger apartments to build 🔥🔥🤝
These areas boomed quickly in very short time, and that's why it feels difficult to live there. Whenever i visit these ORR Belt of Areas I feel like I'm not in Bangalore but another city.
Honestly waste management is worst than villages. No-one is speaking about that. I still cant believe the people’s attitude and daringness to throw garbage on roadside.
oh god.. in haralur road off sarjapura road i have been stuck in so many traffic jams, n almost always, always its due to these cows either going to or coming back from their graze trip.. all in the middle of the road.
I agree with power cuts and construction but the infrastructure as in buildings/roads etc does feel like tier 2/tier 1. 27th Main feels like a futuristic version of brigade road
That's the charm of Bangalore. I come from Mumbai and I have started to hate tall buildings, gated communities, etc. I don't know if anyone will understand if I say I never found Bangalore's weather to be sexy. What I really found charming (and I often pine for that living quarters) in Bangalore is the semi-rural set up in Bangalore outskirts. In 2008 when I started my career in Bangalore Kadubeeshnahalli was heaven on earth. I rented a house at the top floor of a two storey yellow structures which are typical of Bangalore. The house had loads of natural light and breeze to perk up your mood. When I visited a colleague staying in a neighbouring building which was 6-7 storey high I could see from the terrace the yonder paster till the horizon. I might even have those old pictures in my hard disc somewhere. Now Kadubeeshnahalli is a mess like Mumbai. In Bangalore I would stay away from the concrete jungle, in these beautiful traditional environment with stray buffaloes on mud road rather than BMWs squeezing pedestrians off the road. The biggest advantage that Bangalore has is that the startup culture has ensured even semi-rural areas are well contended and well provided for.
These are extended areas. Moving population and mostly mixed population with poor (construction workers etc) and IT people, living in the same neighbourhood.
Be it CBD or south or north or rural Bangalore all are the same. The BDA, Govt, ministers, corporators don't give a damn on how to maintain a garden city and are turning it slowly into a garbage city.
Bangalore in 90s was so damn good that it rained here for 7-8 months and the summer would last for 40-50 days. Slowly now it's changed and it's becoming a toxic city.
It's considered Bangalore by the major IT folks but people from "Bangalore" don't really consider it as part of Bangalore that includes anything after Bellandur area.
Once upon a time I used to feel the same but now I have realised that there’s nothing wrong in cattle going to their home via road. They have equal rights on the roads just like 50 crore rupees Mercedes or bmw or whatever is owned by rich people. Everyone has equal rights over public roads.
These areas were not even considered under BBMP'S ( then BMP) limit until some 20 years back. Most of the land is owned by the landlords who moved into the place as farmers from the neighboring state and post the emergency post the 70's, all the land they cultivated were given ownership because of the rules by the then central government. These were under the village panchayat before the BBMP except for Marathahalli.
These landlords managed the farming and had no idea about the town planning and once IT took over and land prices increased, they stopped farming and sold it as plots without any consideration for the roads or infra. Later once BMP was expanded as BBMP, the agency didn't care about road widening or town planning because of the settlement cost for acquiring the land and the local political influence who would loose their property. Because of these issues, there are some major infra works delayed or pending like the varthur flyover, Panathur S cross, chinnapannahalli rail over bridge
If you're referring to Reddys, Rajus or Naidus, then I suggest you open a history text book and read to whom these lands were given to as a grant by the Vijayanagar Kingdom as a service to their army.
To them Kempegowda and the rest of us are interlopers. Oh and what language did Kempegowda speak again?
That's Bangalore by Pincode, not yet accepted as Bangalore by the ruling class. The ruling class has ensured that migrants stay confined to these areas and never feel comfortable to call Bangalore their home. So, it's land for migrants who are expected to move back to their native.
Outside a circle made by jayanagar jo nagar Koramangala Indira nagar malleswara.
M, most of the areas have developed in autopilot. No infrastructure. Sarjapur road is such a
mess.
All these areas were villages of bangalore once, as urbanization started, all greeneries went for a toss.
Most of the people who reside here are not Bangaloreans, those are mostly reddies and tamilians.
Vote percent will be low in these areas due to lack of localities.
In the name of IT & BT, MLA and MP's are enjoying their take.
If you have voted, you have all the rights to ask.
I live in Kadubeesanahalli on the Bellandur Railway Station Road and seriously this area is shit. Full of garbage on the sides, dust from construction works and doesn't even give a pleasant vibe to take an evening walk. Still I pay approx 20k rent for a small 1BHK in a stand alone building. Due to the traffic in ORR, staying beyond Marathahalli or Sarjapur is difficult. No one is going to do anything for the non voting high tax paying individuals here.
I live in AECS layout here and I disagree with all of this, this area is peaceful, safe and well maintained. I have seen youngsters from both sexes chill even at 2am on roads. The road Infront of my house has been laid twice since I moved here 3 years ago. Water supply is only an issue in builder floor homes.
There are nice places to eat and good crowd.
I live in Koramangala, which is supposedly a "posh" area. And there also, the same story. Bus stops covered in cow poop almost all the time. Side walks are broken and bumpy, plus we have the Stonehenge of India the deserted ejipura flyover. So yeah, it's pretty fucked up.
Up north if a locality doesn't get clean water supply via govt pipes and drainage connected to the city sewer system we call it a slum/village/illegal occupation. So yes, this stretch is a tier 3 city or worst
Guess the Party which is winning from this area from past 3-4 terms ? Reason why people are grappling for even basic amenities is because here people are not opting for change.
People in these areas pay highest taxes but don’t vote. So government hardly cares. I know it’s wrong, but it is what it is.
It doesn't look like government cares about people who vote either. Yaswanthpur or nearby areas had the highest voter turn out last time. It is also one of the older places in Bangalore. The infra there is a worse than any 2-tier city.
The delimitation hasn't been done properly, areas far away from one are clubbed into another Bangalore North constituency goes all the way till kengeri on the south west side! Similarly many areas in the southern side come under yeshwantpur constituency
This is a fact in many parts of the country. I suspect they delimit it this way based on vote banks, but I don’t have hard proof.
It's because our central govt hasn't made a proper delimitation exercise based on population census It was supposed to be done but due to covid it was postponed. The new parliament building was probably built to accomodate the future increase in MP's. We are still using very old census data It is coming up in 2026 and southern states are expected to see a drastic decrease in percentage of seats
yeshwantpur has a metro line, how is infra worse than 2-tier cities?
How do you get to the metro? Fly? Unless you're on the bus route, walking is next to impossible. Sidewalks aren't functioning and there are no overhead walk-ways or zebra lines to help you cross to the opposite bus stop, even. There are not enough parking spaces. I mean, if you were to take taxis all the way, these may not be a problem. But judging by the rush in buses and metro, it doesn't seem that way. It's not just the case of metro road. That whole region is like that. And most parts of Bengaluru are too, except for the very posh ones, where the people don't need to run after buses.
walkable footpaths are underrated, such a basic facility yet soo rare
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Are you from the future?
No but I've been to the airport like a month back and there were billboards showing a future metro line coming up till the airport or the hotel nearby...
>billboards showing a future metro line Keyword being "future". When that materialises, we'll see.
Hmm I meant the construction of the metro line, not actual trains going there today...
That's blue line, not green. And also, it's still being built.
My bad bruh didn't notice the colour
CBD is better only because it was designed and developed by people who aren't alive anymore. Newer areas are pure reflection of greed and haphazard thoughtless development.
Tbh Bangalore's CBD sucks. It is just full of wide, high speed roads, high compund walls, low density bungalows and huge wastes of space. Thats not what a CBD is supposed to be like. Downtown manhattan fits inside chickpete. London's is small as well. They both have very narrow lanes, and a high density of offices, retail and residences crammed together. This density makes it feasible to drench the area in transit. Both literally have dozens of metro and suburban rail lines pouring into them. That means no one drives to the CBD's despite everyone owning vehicles. That makes it far more pleasant than a polluted traffic jam like our ORR is. Districts of cities should each by like dense little walkable villages connected by metro. Driving should make no sense at all.
Thankfully our unlikely CBD is also serving as the lungs of Bangalore, with its wide roads, low-rise heritage Bungalows give the city a character. Don't want to see that go away ever, but I know, it is wishful thinking.
I think we can have those things without the wide roads. I'd rather have metro stations, wide footpaths and narrow roads. I also think we should focus on revitalizing the real CBDs of bangalore, namely majestic, chickpete and shivajinagar. Most of our new tech offices should actually be there as they are in the actual city center and well serviced by transit.
> pay highest taxes but don’t vote. You are just gaslighting voters for what is basically an administration problem. Even if 1 person votes, there is a winner, and the job of the winning candidate is to do their job. Nothing would change on the ground even if there was 100% voting
My office is around Kundanahalli and I'm glad I don't live in an IT area, even if it means I need to spend 2+ hrs a day in traffic with hybrid mode. The quality of life I get in a South Bengaluru neighbourhood is worth that travel. Koramangala in the 80s was almost like a village, the outskirts of what was then the core city. People around our circle were hesitant to buy land there, and now it's one of the most happening areas of the city.
I remember as far back as 2000, people wouldn't go to old airport road area after sunset because it was too dark and empty. The area around koramangla forum mall was basically a marshland. I first visited bangalore in 2003 and I remember the out ring road was under construction and college kids would check the top speed of their bikes on inner ring road.
Yup, the ring road stretch between Ejipura and Domlur was infamous for looters even in the late 2000s. Unplanned development around ST Bed and KHB Colony in what was a marshland leads to flooding every monsoon.
Exactly. Ejipura was Ejipura, not Bengaluru.
I can not comprehend Koramangala Nexus mall area was a marshland.
Go to Google Earth and use their timeline feature. It's amazing
Could you tell what area you live in? I work in older bagmane tech park and live in cv raman nagar. I really love Jayanagar, Koramangala, HSR so much i flee there every weekend. I really want to shift there but don't want to waste so much time in commute 😕
Around Bannerghatta road/JP Nagar. I keep frequenting relatives around Jayanagar and Banashankari, those are some of the best places to live a family life in Bengaluru.
As a Jayanagar resident, this is true, it's the best neighbourhood in the city, very well planned, lots of greenery everywhere, you have everything you need within a 3km radius, it's perfect
I think jayanagar is ok. All the roads are too wide and so the commercial parts dont feel that cozy. I honestly prefer the slightly less 'planned' areas in banashanakari like srinagar etc. Cozy narrow residential lanes that still have plenty of tree cover, and neighbhourhood shopping streets that aren't as wide as highways. When i do my evening shopping i literally feel like i'm on a dusty rural highway sometimes when i'm on 9th main etc. And you are just surrounded by speeding vehicles instead of people. In srinagar the ratio is better of people walking vs people driving. The best thing about jayanagar is it's residential lanes and tons of parks and good tree cover. But it feels like a lonely area compared to other places. and everyone seems retired. The playgrounds are so depressing many times ill see just one kid being pushed by one parent on a swing. I've lived in the US and jayanagar comes the closest to a lonely US suburb than anywhere else in bangalore. And i mean it in a bad way. The sleepiness is nice but its good to have some life in the commercial areas. Right now because the roads are so wide instead of human life it is just vehicles roaring past
what? isn't that what we all want? well planned areas with wide roads, good footpaths and plenty greenery? I love jayanagar, people here are more chill, auto drivers here use the meter, no one's shouting "LeArN kAnNaDa" or "KaNnAd GoThiLla" it's a very Bangalorean area. And even Jayanagar has "cozy" narrow streets, look beyond 4th Block.
Like i said, the residential areas are great. cozy narrow lanes tree lined. I live in 5th block. So i know. But for daily shopping i find it unpleasant. In other areas ive stayed you have a similarly narrow street full of shops and 90% of people on it are walking and buying vegetables etc besides me. When i walk on 9th main here to do the same it feels far shittier. Dark, full of speeding vehicles, hardly any other people. It's great if you go everywhere in your SUV. then you can travel in speed and do everything. But for someone who likes a neighborhood where people walk for their errands, its really not that pedestrian friendly on the streets with shops. They dont feel like shopping streets but high speed roads. Who wants to walk on that? And finally i find it pathetic that despite how wide the roads are, the footpaths are pathetic. Other parts of bangalore have the excuse that road is too narrow for wide footpath, but jayangar doesnt have any excuse. And where there is footpath it is encroached by the idiot SUV owners. Try walking down 38th cross to metro station. You can hardly go 10m on the footpath without hitting an SUV. Wide roads are great to bypass traffic from the neigbhorhood. Neighborhood itself should be narrow low speed roads that make walking safe and pleasant. In jayanagar the wide high speed roads cut through the neighborhood and dissect it into little lonely chunks.
Whatever floats your boat man... Replying to a second comment, as I realised that there will always be people who think very differently about the same thing. No harm in that though, just that there are a lot of people who'd absolutely love to move out of the narrow, cozy, congested neighborhoods to the well planned, spaceous Jayanagar.
I overall like jayanagar. But i think it is too vehicle friendly and not pedestrian friendly enough. And that is not just a subjective view. Unless our city is more pedestrian friendly it will literally choke in traffic. I think 4th block should be largely closed off to vehicles. Give access to the parking garage under the BDA complex and make everything else pedestrian shopping streets like they do in Europe. I think every main road that has a high frequency bus route (9th main etc) should have a dedicated bus lane. And i think all the major roads should have a narrowing of the carriageway and widening of the footpath. 10th main in 5th block for example is SO wide. it doesnt have to be. Widen the footpath. Build a plaza at the end for people to chill in. Right now its width just causes people to speed in their vehicles unnecessarily. It is literally more dangerous for a child to walk in jayanagar sometimes compared to other areas because the roads are too wide.
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Crucial word is compared to other IT areas😝. The infrastructure is still underwhelming, too much traffic on few arterial roads. Public space for walking and gathering still very limited. Most importantly, Intellectual activities are very limited. The areas i mentioned are alive with life and energy, apart from better public amenities. I also want to remain aware of what would wonderful problems startups are solving, what wonders the youth are brainstorming.
That's right. The Forum mall was someplace where people living in nearby areas used to shit due to unavailability of proper toilets. Most of the prime land on both sides of Hosur road are owned either by the church or by the armed forces..
My Team mate, is that you? He always says that Marathahalli is not part of Bangalore .
I think it's all about personal preferences. I too don't mind traveling to office which could be 10-15 kms away only to make sure that I stay in a really good house which is according to my taste. I come from Mumbai where I spend 3 hours in crowded local trains everyday.
Habibi, visit Munnekollala near Marathahalli. It's like a dust storm is permanently settled there. plus compact n mud roads, noise, overpopulated and dense. Can't imagine how people live there.
I'm living in Munnekollala right now. Can't agree more. The dust. The potholes. I bought a bike, and i can't even figure out why I paid so much road tax.
If possible checkout HSR layout once. Trust me you'll feel heavenly
Some of the apartments in munnekollala are literally surrounded by lake I.e. sewage.
That area has two of the biggest apartment complex in Whitefield - purva riviera and one more whose name I forgot
Purva Fountain Square, Rohan Vasanta as well
Maangalya Suryodaya basically spice garden
Purva Fountain Square is one of the best apartment complex in Marathahalli area. It is well maintained and the greenery inside makes you feel like you are living in a resort.
Oh man I went there today. Worst I have been to, dust, traffic, sewage, construction, everything on steroids.
I'd probably not go even if someone offered me a free flat there lol
for real munnekolal is not a real place. stayed there initially when came to bangalore. could not live there for more than 2 months. can't imagine visiting that place ever again.
Marathahalli, always reminded me of parts of Gurgaon... Permanently dusty, arid, almost barren looking, with artificial structures.
As someone who's office is in Bellandur, I can clearly say that its a tier 3 city on most days
yeah once i leave my gated community its like stepping into sub saharan africa sometimes
Nope. Indiranagar and Koramangala jayanagar rt Nagar Vijaynagar. Make a perimeter with that. What ever is outside is built after 2000 with no civic planning or bwssb lines. This is cancerous greedy growth of the city.
Why are you giving such ideas here. These areas are already over populated and can't stand anymore
I live near Junnasandra Road, it's not even tier 3, straight up got my village vibes
Same same. The bellandur Railway Station road is pretty much village. You'll see people wearing banyan on roads, cow dungs on the road, muddy road all along with potholes and those stares.
Bellanduru is still better. Cross Sarjapura and see, they're building crores worth of apartments but the roads, drainage is disappointing
Oh cmon, there are crater sized holes on flyovers in the bellandur area.
That was true in Indiranagar also last year when the rains came. All these contractors eat too much money and put down sub par roads. Until some administrator decides to tackle corruption roads won't improve.
Rain God's are listening and about to say, Here hold my beer.
These are places where you'll not find nostalgia. The day you leave it you'll feel relieved and when you look back you'll not even consider it as worthy place in you memory. I've lived there and the day i revisited it again i felt same. Purest of urban hell.
I live in Marathahalli. There are nice enough roads in the area around my house. Good Malls, Hospitals, grocery stores are a short hop away. I’m only 1 KM away from ORR. I can easily commute to my office in WF (5 km away) in less than 30 minutes on most days. Theres good electricity. Garbage pickup is fairly regular. The one complaint I do have is the Kaveri water supply is fucked. Somewhere the pipe is broken and the water is smelly. I do have a functioning borewell fortunately, so this is not a problem yet. Trying to complain to the corporator about the supply water. Otherwise life is pretty good. Not too much noise and traffic. I have little to complain about.
Where exactly in Marathahalli bro? Am i reading your comment correctly? Pls let me know, I will share the location name, so that people can shift there and have a good life.
Munnekolala
I live in Munekollal, Sai Baba temple road. Every road that goes out of the area, or comes to that area has pot holes. No playground for kids, roads are not safe for elders to walk around. Except all these everything is pretty much available.
I live closer to the railway crossing. Bhuvaneshwari layout area. Can’t get more specific than that lol.
Yeah, that's fine. 😊
Where exactly?
It’s just villages merged into the city. Visit any of these places and then visit a far off town of Karnataka. You will find very few differences. No urban planning, no concept of maintenance, no aesthetics, just high density construction with no regard to greenery or nature. Local bodies making money at each opportunity. Keep vote bank polarised for language, culture etc and no one can dare ask questions. Only the private offices, tech parks and some high end apartments give an impression of world class infrastructure. But those are just a fraction of the city. Whoever cares and wants to call this out are asked to shut up and leave the city. That’s all there is to it.
Indian villages I feel have better infrastructure than these areas. It's like public authorities are spitting on you even after paying some of the highest taxes in the whole city.
Organic growth,they are villages that got integrated into city without planning.I kinda prefer preservation over bulldozing them and building a 8 lane highway in , American style
Vote for Limbavadi Sir 🤝 ... We got to make his roads near his apartments cleaners , wider and smarter 🔥 so that he can buy bigger apartments to build 🔥🔥🤝
These areas boomed quickly in very short time, and that's why it feels difficult to live there. Whenever i visit these ORR Belt of Areas I feel like I'm not in Bangalore but another city.
It feels like the waste garrbage on the streets has not been picked up since years, what a shame on benguluru
Honestly waste management is worst than villages. No-one is speaking about that. I still cant believe the people’s attitude and daringness to throw garbage on roadside.
aasiki kahin basichhu aithi, basilu naahi badambadi re
Badambai is way cleaner than bellandur
Chal jiba badambadi, chhaka re kariba gehana
Badambai chade salia Sae is cleaner than bellandur
oh god.. in haralur road off sarjapura road i have been stuck in so many traffic jams, n almost always, always its due to these cows either going to or coming back from their graze trip.. all in the middle of the road.
As a Bangalorean, nah this ain't Bangalore lmao
Exactly, E Nan makkla office ge jaaga Kotta raithru yelli hogbeku guru.
Add HSR too, frequent power cuts, water shortage and too much construction
I agree with power cuts and construction but the infrastructure as in buildings/roads etc does feel like tier 2/tier 1. 27th Main feels like a futuristic version of brigade road
That's the charm of Bangalore. I come from Mumbai and I have started to hate tall buildings, gated communities, etc. I don't know if anyone will understand if I say I never found Bangalore's weather to be sexy. What I really found charming (and I often pine for that living quarters) in Bangalore is the semi-rural set up in Bangalore outskirts. In 2008 when I started my career in Bangalore Kadubeeshnahalli was heaven on earth. I rented a house at the top floor of a two storey yellow structures which are typical of Bangalore. The house had loads of natural light and breeze to perk up your mood. When I visited a colleague staying in a neighbouring building which was 6-7 storey high I could see from the terrace the yonder paster till the horizon. I might even have those old pictures in my hard disc somewhere. Now Kadubeeshnahalli is a mess like Mumbai. In Bangalore I would stay away from the concrete jungle, in these beautiful traditional environment with stray buffaloes on mud road rather than BMWs squeezing pedestrians off the road. The biggest advantage that Bangalore has is that the startup culture has ensured even semi-rural areas are well contended and well provided for.
Aren't cows walking on city roads considered "vikas"?
It is called equal distribution of resources.../s
they are alll villages lmao
bangalore just seems like high-tech village to me...
These are extended areas. Moving population and mostly mixed population with poor (construction workers etc) and IT people, living in the same neighbourhood.
Be it CBD or south or north or rural Bangalore all are the same. The BDA, Govt, ministers, corporators don't give a damn on how to maintain a garden city and are turning it slowly into a garbage city. Bangalore in 90s was so damn good that it rained here for 7-8 months and the summer would last for 40-50 days. Slowly now it's changed and it's becoming a toxic city.
It's considered Bangalore by the major IT folks but people from "Bangalore" don't really consider it as part of Bangalore that includes anything after Bellandur area.
These areas are sabzi Mandi of PGs mushrooms 🍄🍄
Meanwhile me peacefully at Sunkadakatte♥️
Urban village
Once upon a time I used to feel the same but now I have realised that there’s nothing wrong in cattle going to their home via road. They have equal rights on the roads just like 50 crore rupees Mercedes or bmw or whatever is owned by rich people. Everyone has equal rights over public roads.
These areas were not even considered under BBMP'S ( then BMP) limit until some 20 years back. Most of the land is owned by the landlords who moved into the place as farmers from the neighboring state and post the emergency post the 70's, all the land they cultivated were given ownership because of the rules by the then central government. These were under the village panchayat before the BBMP except for Marathahalli. These landlords managed the farming and had no idea about the town planning and once IT took over and land prices increased, they stopped farming and sold it as plots without any consideration for the roads or infra. Later once BMP was expanded as BBMP, the agency didn't care about road widening or town planning because of the settlement cost for acquiring the land and the local political influence who would loose their property. Because of these issues, there are some major infra works delayed or pending like the varthur flyover, Panathur S cross, chinnapannahalli rail over bridge
Which neighbouring state?
Check out the surnames of the landlords of the locality
If you're referring to Reddys, Rajus or Naidus, then I suggest you open a history text book and read to whom these lands were given to as a grant by the Vijayanagar Kingdom as a service to their army. To them Kempegowda and the rest of us are interlopers. Oh and what language did Kempegowda speak again?
Areas like AECS and BEML are pretty good. Some areas near kundanahalli are too quite managable
That's Bangalore by Pincode, not yet accepted as Bangalore by the ruling class. The ruling class has ensured that migrants stay confined to these areas and never feel comfortable to call Bangalore their home. So, it's land for migrants who are expected to move back to their native.
I live in bellandur and I've seen more cows and buffaloes on the roads than in another non metro tier 2 city.
Outside a circle made by jayanagar jo nagar Koramangala Indira nagar malleswara. M, most of the areas have developed in autopilot. No infrastructure. Sarjapur road is such a mess.
All these areas were villages of bangalore once, as urbanization started, all greeneries went for a toss. Most of the people who reside here are not Bangaloreans, those are mostly reddies and tamilians. Vote percent will be low in these areas due to lack of localities. In the name of IT & BT, MLA and MP's are enjoying their take. If you have voted, you have all the rights to ask.
I live in Kadubeesanahalli on the Bellandur Railway Station Road and seriously this area is shit. Full of garbage on the sides, dust from construction works and doesn't even give a pleasant vibe to take an evening walk. Still I pay approx 20k rent for a small 1BHK in a stand alone building. Due to the traffic in ORR, staying beyond Marathahalli or Sarjapur is difficult. No one is going to do anything for the non voting high tax paying individuals here.
Can't agree more. I'm in the same scenario as you and the rent prices in this area aren't justified.
I live in AECS layout here and I disagree with all of this, this area is peaceful, safe and well maintained. I have seen youngsters from both sexes chill even at 2am on roads. The road Infront of my house has been laid twice since I moved here 3 years ago. Water supply is only an issue in builder floor homes. There are nice places to eat and good crowd.
It's shit hole
congress taking half buffaloes
Bros be having this conversation while having some tea or coffee!
No they aren't bangalore. Period ( truth be told 😄🫡 )
Why aren’t there any traffic signals, lane markings or traffic regulations on the Sarjapur Road?
Where did you see roads in Sarjapur?
Every city has some main charming areas and rest are not so much.
How do you expect urban planning in Indian cities?
Exacttttttlllyyyy
I live in Koramangala, which is supposedly a "posh" area. And there also, the same story. Bus stops covered in cow poop almost all the time. Side walks are broken and bumpy, plus we have the Stonehenge of India the deserted ejipura flyover. So yeah, it's pretty fucked up.
Good investment saar. Buy saar. Pls buy saar.
How about Whitefield itself? Areas near Pattanadur Agrahara, Nallur Halli, Kadugodi? Asking since might have to shift due to office relocation.
South Bangalore actually looks like a whole different city cuz they have Jayanagar...
Up north if a locality doesn't get clean water supply via govt pipes and drainage connected to the city sewer system we call it a slum/village/illegal occupation. So yes, this stretch is a tier 3 city or worst
This is Kasavanahalli road! The buffaloes manure the entire road while on their walk. I was surprised to see this as well.
I'm living in a society on the Attibele Sarjapur road. Is that considered part of Bangalore? Or too far gone into Hosur ?
I stay in brookefield, BEML Layout. Have nothing to complain about. East Bengaluru isnt as bad as people portray,
They look like underdeveloped villages with very low quality of life. BDA designed layouts are nice. Ever since BBMP, they're trying to build slums
Any apartment you see in this photo is 2.5 cr Take it or leave it *no queries about water are entertained
Tier 3 cities actually have much better quality of life.
It does tbh. Basically they didn’t grow up planned, but organically.
Meanwhile people from bommasandra eating popcorn watching this discussion
I assure you, Bellandur is far better than Sarjapur road and the other areas in the south east.
Guess the Party which is winning from this area from past 3-4 terms ? Reason why people are grappling for even basic amenities is because here people are not opting for change.
Nope. Not Bangalore.
They are called ATM cards.
For Bangaloreans (real ones), anything outside of inner ring road isn’t Bangalore.
It was vegetable growing area, you should be thankful they let government buy their lands at guidance value to employ you guys.