Overview

• A vintage black-and-white image shared by IndiaHistoryPic on July 4 captures empty, tree-lined MG Road–Brigade Road lanes with old-style cars.
• Social media users contrasted the serene street scene with today’s severe traffic congestion, frequent waterlogging and declining civic behaviour.
• Several commenters noted that a leafy boulevard was removed to make way for Bangalore Namma Metro construction ordered by a former chief minister.
• The photograph revived discussions on Bengaluru’s decades-long infrastructure strain, loss of green cover and erosion of cultural spaces.
• In response to the renewed public outcry, MP Tejasvi Surya unveiled a 15-point action plan and proposed the Bengaluru 2050 Vision Group to guide strategic urban development.