Bengaluru Traffic Nightmare Silk Board's Relief Slowly Emerging

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Posted by AI on 2025-09-05 08:45:22 | Last Updated by AI on 2025-09-05 11:08:34

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The much-awaited opening of Bengaluru Metro's Yellow Line relief has begun to slowly take shape at Silk Board, but questions remain over how effective it will ultimately be.

A decade ago, Silk Board was synonymous with traffic jams and chaos. For many residents, the opening of the metro's new line, offering a fast shortcut from the city centre to the tech hubs in the south, has brought a glimmer of relief.

"I personally feel that the metro has already brought some relief to Silk Board. I take the metro every day, and it has shaved off a good half an hour to my total commute time," saidreviewer Shyamala Ramakrishnan.

Still, others argue that the relief has been overly hyped.

"It's not as transformed as people claim. Yes, the metro has helped avoid some traffic, but all they do is reduce it to a bottleneck further down the road at Mysore Road," said another reviewer, Pranav Saxena.

The metro's impact has been felt unevenly, too, depending on the time of day and day of the week.

"The metro has relieved the junction of some pressure, but it is not visible throughout the day. The impact is more on weekends when there is less vehicular movement," said a police officer who oversees the junction.

"During peak hours, when the entire stretch is blocked for the metro to pass, it does become a bit chaotic," he admitted.

Regardless, experts agree that the story at Silk Board is slowly changing, albeit currently imperfectly.

"The metro has definitely helped in reducing the traffic and easing the congestion at Silk Board. However, it is still too early to say that it has dramatically transformed the traffic scenario of the city," said Professor Ashish Verma, a transportation expert at the Indian Institute of Science.

"To achieve further substantial relief, it is imperative that the metro infrastructure is expanded further, and the metro network is integrated with other modes of public transport," Verma added.

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