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Truck mayhem on Bangalore streets

The heavy goods carrying trucks in Bangalore do not follow traffic rules
and that leads to commotion and chaos on the streets.

Transport in Bangalore too costly for some

Trasnport in Bangalore remains costly, especially for the poor
who spend half of their income on daily transportation.

 

 

With increase in the traffic congestion in Bangalore, cyclists
are finding it increasingly difficult to travel around the city.

 

Trudging the last mile

Prakash, 30, was brushing his teeth, bending over the drain opposite his small home. His mother, Parvattamma, squatted nearby. It was a little after 6:30 a.m. Such early-morning ablutions are not an uncommon sight in the tiny village of Devegere. After all, the majority of its inhabitants are farmers, and rising with the sun is part of life..


 

 

Bangalore’s traffic planning
is a slow-motion car crash

Looking up from his morning paper, Fairoze gazes at his ailing pony with a tear in his eye.