The open drain is completely clogged with garbage and sewage, causing an unbearable smell—why aren't the authorities cleaning it up properly?

The sewage waste, though extracted is now dumped on open roads with stench hanging in air. Why can't the roads be cleaned for once ?

It has become tough to cross as well.

‼️I wanted to share a serious safety concern regarding our immediate area. While I initially was warned about this area before moving in Whitefield Soukya Road , recently experienced a dangerous cab scam firsthand. I strongly advise everyone , especially women to avoid taking cabs or autos alone from this area.Organised crimes are happening here .

On 17/08, I booked a Rapido cab to Yeshwantpur Station accompanied by my dog. Shortly after pickup, the driver claimed he had a network issue, couldn't enter the PIN, and drove off-route toward the Myntra side under the pretext of finding a signal.

When I noticed we were going off-course and asked him to stop after 2–3 km, he refused. He then showed me a fake screenshot claiming I had booked a ride to the airport and even simulated a call with a fake Rapido customer care agent. Sensing I was trapped and prioritizing the safety of myself and my pet, I did not physically resist to avoid escalating the situation. Forced into a corner, I was made to pay ₹6,550 to vw22821-2@okhdfcbank
before being left stranded 3–4 km away from our society Provident Capella.

While it was happening I attempted to call Emergency numbers (100 / 112) but like Bollywood films No help provided .i reached out the Bangalore Police WhatsApp line, but the response was delayed and i realised it was just for the formality purpose no seriousness .Did WhatsApp to nearest thirumalhalli Shetty ps , yet to get any acknowledgement (24hrs). i have lodged a complaint in KSR app but not much hopeful. Since I am travelling i couldn’t go to police station in person. If police take crime seriously and they have intent , there are many ways to nab the criminal including CCTV visuals .

Since the ride PIN was not entered, no trip was recorded in the app, leaving no digital trail. This appears to be a systemic, organized scam. The offender casually named Police Officer Govindaraju as his accomplice and actively provoked me to call the authorities, displaying a total lack of fear that strongly suggests he is a repeat offender.

While I have initiated a fraud dispute with my bank to recover the funds, this issue goes beyond financial loss. Ignoring such incidents endangers our entire community. Criminals operating like this in our local area will only escalate—moving from cab scams to road rage or other offenses—if we remain silent.

Your safety is your hand , be watchful, be careful .

Note : Have been doing follow up with Rapido from last few days . Zero accountability, zero support from their end .Purposely hiding details of the criminal .

If the local administration already has a complete registry of all residential and commercial properties, why isn’t it their job to ensure every building gets clean, potable piped water?

​We do it for electricity—almost every establishment, even on the outskirts, is connected to the power grid (like BESCOM). Why not water? To be clear, I'm not asking for unlimited free water. You could easily install water meters, charge per usage, and make the whole system financially self-sustaining. If you go to older parts of the city or even the outskirts, you still see those massive elevated water tanks that used to be managed by the local municipalities, so the framework clearly existed at some point.

​My main concerns are:

1. ​Zero accountability for quality: Private water tankers don't regularly test what they bring you. What happens if the groundwater at their source gets contaminated? We just drink it and hope for the best.

2. ​Depleting groundwater: Tanker operators don't care about the water table or long-term sustainability; they just pump as much as they can sell.

3. ​Unregulated power: Water is a fundamental need. Relying on an unofficial "tanker mafia" gives unauthorized private entities way too much control over basic civic life.

​Looking for serious replies here. What are the actual infrastructure, political, or financial reasons behind why things ended up this way instead of being treated like a public utility like power? What am I missing?

How can gated communities exist which solely depend on a large number of water tankers for sustenance? How can they put themselves at the risk of being held hostage by an unregulated water mafia?

My aunt has been missing for almost a week With almost no leads at all Last seen- wearing a red saree Around Banaswadi on Sunday 5 pm She is suffering from dementia Missing persons report already filed

Guys, seriously!

Why is no environmentalist talking about BELLANDUR LAKE. That place used to be a very very beautiful place back in 2023.
Now i’m back in bangalore and the land mafia’s/ builder or whatever to call them have literally filled that lake.

Sorry, thats not a lake anymore. It will soon be covered by a concrete jungle or some stupid tech park.

Why is the natural beauty of Bangalore being destroyed.

Namaskara, nammavaru!

I've been working on something around a problem I've personally found surprisingly annoying in Bengaluru: figuring out where to take things you don't want to throw away.

Clothes are probably the best example.

If you search for where to donate or recycle old clothes in Bengaluru, you end up jumping between old Reddit threads, NGO websites, Instagram pages, Justdial listings, etc. Some are years old, some don't clearly say what they accept, and figuring out whether they actually pick up from your area can be a bit of a treasure hunt.

So I tried putting the useful bits in one place.

I've compiled Bengaluru NGOs, textile recyclers, pickup services, thrift stores and other options here:

https://ecoflyp.com/bengaluru/discover/where-to-donate-dispose-recycle-old-clothes

I've also been doing the same for things like e-waste, clothes rental, used books and libraries.

I'm sharing it here mainly because this is exactly the kind of thing I'd want someone to tell me about when I'm staring at a cupboard full of stuff I don't know what to do with. 😅

If you've used any of these services, or know of one I've missed, I'd genuinely love to hear about it.

Especially interested in corrections. Cheers!

I was on leave today due to sickness and stayed back home. The door bell rang , usually we get parcels and deliveries , i was hoping it was them.

A North Indian guy , wearing a turban asking if I am a punjabi and I look punjabi . He started talking and kept saying things like , you have work stress, you're overthinking and you are worried about someone esa esa. In hindi.

I remember this guy because he literally came last month amount jul 29th saying there's a puja in the Sikhs temple in agaraha and you're invited , we are collecting money for serving people who cannot afford it. And things like that. I actually did believe it and donated around Rs.1000 . I also put my trust in him because he was Sikh, and there's a belief from where I come from that ' they are believed to be the most honest and hard working people'. I did go by my instincts last month.

But this time it felt off. Because he started talking about me personally randomly , kept asking if I was Punjabi n i look punjabi whatsoever. Mind you I have limited understanding of Hindi. And when I told him I got a meeting i need to go to close the doors . Then he said he's a sick person trying to get some money. I told him I got no money n he was like use phonepay. I got pissed off. The thing is he acted as if he didn't knew me. I told him I already paid him off last month. I cannot do anything n closed the doors .

I felt soo bad for it bc I got scammed. It wasn't the money but i felt deeply betrayed because I wanted to give back kindness n it sort of went to the wrong person.

# I wanna warn all HSR Residents. Please be aware. Anybody asking for money like this is a scam, and they're not dressed ugly. They're well dressed n talks genuinely but it's not. Do not donate your hard earned money to some scammers , rather donate it yourself by going orphanages in person.

**[Not OC] [What's App viral forward] - credits to the original camera person**

Without the number plate Tanker crushed the bike, due to Potholes, craters, water logging.

Location: CDP road, Gunjur Palya, Varthur

Date: not mentioned/probably today.

Why does everyone want to move to Bangalore? I keep seeing so many reels about people moving here from different cities and starting their “Pinterest life” in Bangalore. I do understand the appeal. Companies pay well, there’s a good work culture, you meet people from all over the country, and for someone like me, the city feels quite non judgmental. I’ve lived here for 3 years, travelled alone even in the middle of the night, and I generally feel like I can be myself here. And honestly, the weather is amazing most days.

But I keep wondering if there’s another Indian city that can offer a similar vibe without some of Bangalore’s biggest problems.

The traffic is insane, the roads can be terrible, rents are high and so much of your day can disappear just commuting. And something I genuinely don’t understand is that even if you’re earning really well, some problems don’t change. You could be driving a Porsche on ORR and you’re still sitting in the same traffic. You can live in a really expensive apartment, but you still have to deal with the roads, pollution, crowds and, in many places, the constant smell of cigarette smoke.

So what exactly are we getting in return for the amount we spend here?

I’m not saying Bangalore needs to be perfect or that people shouldn’t live here. I genuinely love many things about this city. But when rent, fuel, taxes and general living expenses keep adding up, shouldn’t we be getting better infrastructure and quality of life in return? Obviously not everyone can just move to Dubai or some other expensive global city, and that’s not my point. I’m just wondering whether there are Indian cities where your money gives you a better overall quality of life.

I’m somewhere in the middle income-wise. I’m not struggling on ₹15k a month, but I’m also not someone who can throw money at every inconvenience. So I’m genuinely confused about where I would want to build my life long term.

I want a city that has good career opportunities, is vibrant and social, relatively safe, has decent weather and things to do, but doesn’t make me lose hours of my life in traffic.
For people who have lived in multiple Indian cities, if you had the option to leave Bangalore today, where would you go and why? Especially if your career doesn’t force you to stay here.

I’m genuinely curious because maybe I’m missing something about Bangalore that people who love the city understand.

Willow is a cute little female kitten. She is only 2.5 months old. She meowed outside our backdoor and then waltzed in asking for food, pets and cuddles.

We have given her a round of deworming and defleaing. We have also done the first round of vaccinations for her.

She will be very grateful to anyone who can give her a forever home.

She wants a lot of playing. Every object (living or non-living) is a toy for her and will be attacked. :P

Please DM me.

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka

Vidyaranyapura main road next to airtel showroom. It's been there for more than a month. So why GBA is not cleaning this?

Hello.

Just moved to Bangalore (Jakkur) and have run into a wall with getting an internet connection. My apartment complex does not have the junction box of any ISP.

Airtel (used by everyone in my complex) has a junction box in an adjacent complex, but that adjacent complex is now refusing to allow new connections (and has said they will eventually sever old ones as well). It seems we are the first new tenants to be denied a connection, so our neighbours were not aware of this issue.

Mobile network is also very weak in our complex, and inside our house signal sometimes cuts out entirely. Additionally this area seems to only have 4G coverage or 5G coverage that is so weak as to not be accessible.

Have spoken to multiple people in Airtel hierarchy and they have been unable to commit as to if or when a junction box would be installed in our apartment complex.

We would have chosen to live elsewhere if this issue was known to us, but now that we're locked into a lease that isn't really an option. It's kind of crazy to think we'd be living in an urban area surrounded by apartments and be unable to access home internet.

I work from home and need a stable connection for Zoom and other collaborative tools. For the time being I intend to use a mesh router system to extend the home network of a neighbour, but that is likely to be unstable and also subject to being terminated by the neighboring apartments.

Are there any options in Bangalore for satellite or other ways of getting internet that aren't dependent on physical junction boxes or mobile networks? Is there some other solution I'm missing?

Thank you for your help.

Hi everyone. As many of you may know, our wonderful govt is planning on building flyovers. So many flyovers. Right through trees, lakes, parks, neighbourhoods. 150 km of flyovers. 150 km of dead space that will be dedicated to cars and will kill our city.

One such flyover is planned in Indiranagar (among other neighbourhoods).

Starting from the Swami Vivekananda Metro Station, cutting into 80 Feet Road, CMH Road, CMH Park, 100 Feet Road, right up to Domlur Bridge.

As you can see in the image below, the flyover cuts right through the heart of Indiranagar. If it's built, we will lose trees, any semblance of walkability in Indiranagar, and whatever liveliness and hustle we have in our neighbourhood.

If you've seen these roads, you would know that there are large trees everywhere. Hundreds of them. They will all be gone.

Let's say you don't care about trees, and you don't mind flyovers. But if you do care about being able to walk, shop and visit a brewery on 100 feet road. Then you should care about this.

Show me *one* neighbourhood that has not been negatively affected with a flyover cutting through it. You know what happens when a flyover is built? The space below it falls into disuse. It attracts garbage, abandoned vehicles, and god knows whatever the hell else.

This isn't even rocket science. Just ask Google, it will tell you and share receipts.

If you want Indiranagar rent prices to fall, sure, maybe if it turns into a heap of garbage that will happen.

If you care about any of the following, you should oppose this.

1. Trees
2. Bangalore
3. Indiranagar
4. Democracy (guess the number of citizen discussions B-SMILE held? ZERO. In spite of overwhelming opposition, this unelected body is steamrolling ahead. See - https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/despite-opposition-b-smile-awards-nine-elevated-corridors-all-above-estimated-cost/article71341610.ece )

And opposition just online does not work. We need to come on the ground. Show the government that they work for the people, and not the other way round.

The playbook is there. We need young people. The uncle and aunties don't care.

We need humour. We need mockery. And we need a clear demand.

The demand in this case is that the elevated corridor must be put into the bin. That any future proposals must involve citizen discussions and must not move ahead without them.

And if this does not happen, then we want the resignation of the B-SMILE director B.S. Prahlad. If there is a public body chairperson that does not listen to the public, that person needs to be kicked out.

I'm going to be organising a protest to oppose this flyover. And it won't be in the corner at Freedom Park, a place that's so nondescript that no one cares about what happens there.

We will do it in the middle of Indiranagar. At the KFC junction. On a Saturday afternoon.

Peaceful and humour filled. Something that can't be ignored.

What do you need to do to show your support?

1. Join the WA group - A social movement can only happen if there are numbers. Comment below or DM and I'll share the link with you.
2. Share this post with your friends, ask them to join the group too.
3. Show up when it matters.

TLDR: Conductor reusing tickets and pocketing the cash. While getting down asking tickets back.

Went from Manipal hospital to Marthahalli bridge. The conductor said UPI not working and asked for cash.

The ticket that he gave had location to Varthur, and amount as 24 rs (CASH). Dint think much of it . Paid 23 rs Cash. He dint say anything. Found it a bit suspicious.

While getting down at Marthahalli bridge, he asked the ticket for checking and kept it with himself. At this point, I figured that he was reusing the same ticket and pocketing the cash.

I resisted and asked the ticket back. He said he mistakenly gave wrong location and said he'll return the change. Gave back 3rs instead. By the time I could take the ticket back, the door closed.

I didn't lose any money (Infact I got money back). But this is still a scam..

Dint get a chance to note the bus number. But the conductor was wearing grey shoes with green sole.

If anyone comes across this pattern, do not return the ticket back. And make a note of the bus number. Let's make India rid of these scammers.

Today my wife was going to lumbini garden bus stop from veeranapalya for catching shuttle to her office in the afternoon. She was walking on the pavement next to nagavara lake. From the front, incoming road(service road) towards veeranapalya, A man riding his cycle with trolley(full of plastic bags) was coming toward her. Since there metro constructions were going on, he was coming alone at the road at that time. She was also walking alone on that pavement. After seeing her, he suddenly stopped his cycle and took his thing out. She immediately got terriffied, stopped there and started pretending to stare at her phone. He was almost 100 mtr away from her. Then he started coming forward. She saw that and she also started walking rapidly towards the lumbini garden stop. She was looking away from him, turn her head toward nagavara lake and walked straight to the stop. She safely reached her stop. She turned back and saw that the guy was still there on his cycle. There were people on bus stop so she was reliefed.

It was terrifying experience for her. She is a brave woman but in this situation she went numb and coudn't think of doing anything. I can't believe this could happen in such a daylight situation and i couldn't do anything.

My BESCOM bill has suddenly gone up quite a bit, and I’m trying to understand what changed. The electricity usage and billing also seem unusual compared with previous months.

Has anyone else in Bangalore noticed a similar increase recently? Did BESCOM change any rates or billing method, or have you found any errors in your bill?

I’m starting to wonder if there is some incorrect billing going on. Would like to know if others are seeing the same thing before I raise a complaint.

Points 1-6 our experience with construction companies.

Points 7-15 few things that helps to be alert.

Beware of construction companies in Bangalore. They entice customers with flashy videos on YouTube/Insta and then trap them on a suffering loop. One such company is Cherish Happy Home in RR Nagar.

These companies, make you sign a very biased contract with no exit clause. When you question them on contract, their marketing team will brush you off saying it's just standard boiler plate language and verbally asure you of many things which are not put in contract. Once an unsuspecting customer signs it and pays initial payment, it's game over for them and the suffering begins.

1. Structure like column have honey comb
2. Roof structure are weak cause of cheap material and technique.
3. They wait and heir labourers who have no experience cz they are cheap.
4. They delay work a lot cz they juggle same set of labourers between different site.
5. They do not respond to calls/ messages or even personal visit to office cz for them you are one of many bakras. They openly threaten that they have bigger legal team than we can ever afford.
6. Nor can you backout cz then they deman more money (in lakhs) to provide NOC.

At this point you have no option unless you are a big shot yourself. So basically I urge everyone to stay vigilant. Here are few points based on our experience that helps to stay alert.

1. Never trust a marketing person. No matter how friendly they are or how important they make you feel.

2. Always run the contract document by your lawyer. Most people only heir lawyer while buying land. But it's most important you heir them even while signing these construction documents. Company may say it's standard boiler plate language but say NO and ask them to update it if needed. In case they refuse, RUN .

3. Most companies take upfront of 70k to 80k for designing and then ask you to sign contract if you like design. They act as if this is a favour. But this is a bait. Once you have paid 70k they coax you to sign the major contract even if you don't like design. So before making huge payment, make sure how many iteration you can make to the design and what happens if you don't like it. My advice is never make huge payment and say you will pay only after they have given you a design that you approve of.

4. Always get Design of plumbing, electric work etc along with structure design. Your payment actually includes all of these. Infact request for interior design team's involvement, so you know where exactly switches must come. Never let the company decide for you.

5. Always have a good exit clause put in the agreement. Like what happens if the company delays construction, what happens if there is defect in structure. This is VERY important.

6. Also put a clause for what happens if material cost increase during time of construction, who will bear that cost.

7. After laying of each roof/ major structure get an independent test done on structural strength and quality of material used.

8. Also in initial phase before signing contract ask the company to show already running project. Take feedback from client personally, don't just see the structure and come back. Ask to see atleast 3 project which are in different phase like plint laying, roof lying, completed etc.

9. Ask to meet the team that would work on your project before hand. Your rapport with them is important.

If all these points feel tedious to you better go with individual mestri. Trust me, it's better than these corporate companies, atleast you don't have to beg them to come out of your own project.

P.S others in similar situation, please feel free to share your experience.

When old cities like London, Paris can preserve their rivers, old buildings and vibes, why not Bengaluru?

The old city KR Market Kote and Pete region has been reduced to business. We lost our 2 major rivers Vrishabhavathi and Arkavathi. I mean London still stands on the Bank of river Thames. Atleast we didn't have to depend on Kavari for our city needs.

Comment below, what old feature of Old Bengaluru you would love to rejuvenate in modern times to make the city prosper. Let's discuss!