Overview
- On Maha Navami, Bengaluru residents reported unusually smooth traffic on the ORR based on widely shared social-media posts.
- One commuter said the JP Nagar to Kadubeesanahalli run took 25 minutes, with others citing 13 minutes from HSR and 38 minutes from Electronic City to Mahadevapura.
- Commenters framed the experience as a brief exception and warned that routine gridlock would likely resume.
- Several users suggested the lighter flow resulted from festival leave that kept many workers off the roads.
- The ORR usually operates beyond its intended capacity and faces heavy congestion; last month the Karnataka chief minister wrote to Wipro’s Azim Premji seeking support to ease ORR traffic.