Overview

• DK Shivakumar told the legislative council that Bengaluru now has over 1.2 crore registered vehicles and sees nearly 40 lakh additional cars enter daily from surrounding districts.
• He noted the city’s population has doubled to 1.4 crore, including 25 lakh tech professionals, intensifying pressure on outdated road dimensions.
• Shivakumar detailed extreme delays, saying commutes of 10–15 km can take six to seven hours, his children sometimes endure three-hour journeys and judges from Hebbal report 45-minute trips.
• He argued that widening roads is impractical with land costs above Rs 10,000 per square foot and proposed scaling up double-decker flyovers and elevated corridors after a Ragigudda–Silk Board pilot won Prime Minister Narendra Modi's endorsement.
• While major projects such as a ₹17,780 crore tunnel road and expanded metro lines proceed, officials continue to face calls for sustainable public-transport alternatives and last-mile connectivity improvements.