Bengaluru: From Boom to Bust? How India's Best City Is Being Ruined | Nothing But the Truth
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- Administrative Apathy, Unplanned Growth, Crumbling Infrastructure and Rampant Corruption push Bangalore or Bengaluru to the Brink. Can the City be Saved? Almost 25 years after Raj Chengappa wrote: Bangalore: The Boom City for India Today in April 1983, he goes back to his roots to find out what went so terribly wrong with the city and what needs to be done.
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When I hear Banagloreans talk about what their city used to be in the past, I am instantly transported to the Dehradun of the pre-Uttarakhand days. As a native of Uttarakhand, I can understand what my Kannadiga brothers and sisters feel witnessing what one of their most peaceful and beautiful cities has been reduced to.
As a Bangalorean since birth, when I went to Dehradun in March 2019, I felt it like Bengaluru in 90s during my childhood.
As a person from Dehradun and living in Bengaluru , I feel Dehradoon is no where close to any modern city . It is just garbage everywhere barring new Rajpur/ Mussorie road . Doon is dying a slow death . Bengaluru will rise soon but doon will take some time
The problem is people from BIMARU
Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore has been ruined by them beyond repair.
@@LaHandleAbhi the last i heard, it was the corrupt officials and politicians of b'lore who own IT parks and Apartment complexes who built their structure on storm water drains ?...how come people of BIMARU need to be blamed for this ?
@@shrihara The responsibility of saving Bangalore squarely rests with old Bangaloreans and Kannadigas. You must become organized and tell political parties that they better start working towards improving infra or remain prepared to get their butts kicked. One of the many reasons why Dehradun's condition has deteriorated is because the local communities (the Pahadis) are not organized at all. When both unity is absent and indifference is rampant among local communities people from elsewhere start taking things for granted.
Third class stray dog politicians have ruined Bangalore. PS: sorry for insulting stray dogs!
@@rka-truthalwayswins5127 common man frustrated with Bangalore corrupt politicians.
@@dm5665 Corruption is the legacy of colonized, UN-elected/undemocratic Nehru & Gandhi-Vadra's congress!!! It will take time to go!!
You are still kind and havent used any disrespectful words at all...I can understand the pain behind your words. You were probably born and raised in Bangalore. And seeing the city slowly rotting is a pain one can not go through..I have seen it up close. I am an early 70s-80s guy. Grew up and lived in Bangalore for over 30 years before moving out to far west...
@@sheba420 I moved to the west 22 years ago having born and raised in Bangalore. I am on vacation right now and you can imagine what my feelings are. Fake patriotism combined with rotten corruption and filthy ba$tards….that’s what people have become especially the government public servants…common man has no other choice since you need to be a dog to fight a dog!
All three Parties are highly Corrupt, telling lies after lies, people without brains vote them without 2nd thought.
When I visited Bangalore in 1992, I was so amazed how beautiful the city is. It’s climate was so soothing. I wish that time I love to live in this city in my future and visited that city many times in 90’s. I was so excited to be in Bangalore again in 2014 with my friends and the traffic is horrendous. I went to those beautiful places in the past and devastated to see how horrible it is then. I have lived in cities with heavy traffic, but Bangalore is beyond imagination. It was better to stay in the hotel rather than enjoying the beauty of the city because we just waste time on the traffic which was no fun🥲🥲🥲
But the problem lies in your statement itself. More and more people wish to settle in these metro cities. We have to choose one- peaceful and calm life or the materialistic and glaring life.
@Renegade Forever chutya bhakkt spotted. Your needle always stick to a particular community.
@Renegade Forever Do you mean the urban middle class?
@Renegade Forever Please open up what is that community because that will facilitate the planners to fix.
Tokyo is an amazing case study for urban planning. Be it water management, commute, disaster management.
Just visit New Town, Rajarhat, Kolkata in West Bengal and you will know what an actual Smart and green city should be.
Not just London or Tokyo there are many such examples but the real issue is corruption and the dirty attitude of the citizens...first of all no body wants to keep their own premises clear or if at all they clean they will dump the garbage elsewhere, no driving sense, no rules, coos are there only to to make money instead of controlling traffic, no proper roads, NO FOOTPATHS it is either occupied by shopkeepers, illegal buildings, electrical transformers, etc. Almost all bus stops are in the turnings or junctions blocking traffic, be it death, weddings, birthday or festivals are all celebrated on roads, etc etc, etc, etc and etc... civic sense has vanished, everyone is selfish should cleannthe brains of the people first then half of the problem is solved
Not really, the average living space is 41 sq meters which is not that different from your average Indian Apartment, a good case study on how to build a city is singapore but then again urban planning reflects society so, even singapore's model isnt going to work here
Bangalore is a case study in "Disaster planning"
if one is ready to learn, one can find inspiration everywhere. But we have elected goons, so we suffer.
Me and My room mate lived in Banglore for 6 months. We hated it. Expensive rent, BMTC is very annoying, the conductor kicks you out if you dont have change. WTF. If you go by car or bike, you will spend all day to find parking.
Bangalore roads plunder your time and drain your energy even before you start your day. The fundamental problem is that there's no unity among the city dwellers, politicians and corporates. Nobody cares as long as they get their work done somehow. I used to commute to Whitefield from Cox town and it takes me 3-4hrs back and forth every day. It's just shocking to wonder how much manpower is poorly wasted being stuck in traffic. Bangalore should be put in the ICU and needs emergency care.
no, the politicians and mafias make sure there is no unity among people. This is also helped by the fact that half the people are from different parts of the country so it takes time to build unity
Nope that won't happen since Bjp government is busy making UP Gujarat rich
Sir, I am also from Bangalore, it’s being in bad condition due to corrupt politicians and Land grabbers.
Our politicians are not patriotic and doesn’t care for the nation . They are all out to make money.
My mother a widow (89years)of ex servicemen and freedom fighter is struggling to get back her small site which the political thugs have occupied, our family is threatened.
Vote for BJP
@@itatube7594 randwe already bjp ki government hai
I hope she gets it soon, such mafias will burn in hell. We had to hire another goonda to get rid of the thugs illegally occupying our small land. After a few months, we found that the thugs who were there actually were the goonda's henchmen.
@@itatube7594 BJP doesn't have political thugs ?
You should make noise , a lot of noise to get back your land . She deserves much much better
Corruption and contractors in-charge of govt projects are the underpinnings of the political system in India. It is impossible to change it. It does not matter who is the PM or CM.
Corruption in India is genetic, passed down for years and years
Very good analysis of Present day Bangaluru. I am a Bangalorean and have helplessly seen lakes disappear and rajakaluves mindlessly filled with debris and encroached. It pains me to further elaborate on so many other issues plaguing the City so soaked in corruption not sparing even the struggling poor, hard working middle class and just about who wants to live with some peace.
Sorry, but I disagree with this 'news'. Infact Bengaluru is still thriving environment wise. In the last few years, due to people action, Ive seen more lakes being revived than being destroyed so many lakes near sarjapur are so clean and great waking areas. There are things to be put in place, but It still remains the best cities in India. Another improvement which can be done is for the state government to build huge car parkings throughout the outer ring road. and make the area within the ring road as totally car free. That way there will be huge potential for growth
The BBMP engineers are *plain incompetent* - they do not understand the basics of hydrology - construction of drains and emptying that water into larger drains. I am flabbergasted - I showed an engineer that rain water drain is very big and directly emptying into a raja kaluve - he pats my back and says I am there if there is a problem. What future, with engineers like this on bbmp rolls? The said issue has been taken up with teh local mla, multiple corporators - each one says - please svalpa adjust madkolli (please adjust some)
@@kirikiran no body cares , current state of city is due to corruption , lack of proper planning , where planning was implemented , all those efforts got diluted due to again corruption , nothing new , average Indian will suffer that is their lot in life , just to suffer
Vote for BJP. Lol
Being Helpless is being handicapped while CRIBBING comes easy to many Indians!!
The question to be asked is WHAT are you doing for the CHANGE you want to see??!!
Bangaloreans dont care about their city at the end of the day.
At the time of posting this comment, this video had less than 80 comments after 48 hours of posting. If this was about Mumbai you would already have thousands of comments from concerned teenagers to very senior citizens. Here is everybody is too posh to give 2 hoots about public issues.
Kannadiags come in 2 types:
"I am so modern and posh that why should I care about this municipal public infrastructure issues of buses and roads. I only see my mansion and the fancy malls"
"We dont care about all this modernisation in Bangalore. We like our village. We dont want all these modern things. You all can go somewhere else"
Bangaloreans GAVE UP on their city longtime ago with scare from ruthless politicians, as they don't want to endup behind bars and loose job protesting the govt. A 3rd rate BJP Govt in Bangalore while in Delhi there is a 1st rate BJP govt. May be PM should look into this matter seriously and he can do some IT raids on these people as part of Swacha Bharath and Swatcha Bangalore.
@@skbskb7596 Delhi doesn't have BJP govt
True
Ok lindu
The rot is too deep for easy solution. ? BDA is the biggest culprit. Small plots and narrow roads has destroyed this city.
Yeah and the BBMP
I am a Bengaluruian i feel every word you just said. Bengaluru is in the verge of being devasted by these politician and goonda rogues. Missing my good old Bengaluru days.
on the verge !? Lmao its already unrepairable, ruined by greedy land mafias, politicians and all the scum. I ran the first chance I got
People get what they vote for..
@@a.bharti5492 Atleast BJP is doing good and corruption are almost Nil. Bcz of congress Bengaluru lost its glory BJP is trying to bring back the best infrastructure.
@@gogreen812 keep telling yourself that.
@@gogreen812 Corruption is actually at its peak. They have brought back the agents in RTOs and govt offices. First time ever they had to close down a flyover due to bad construction just 4 weeks after its inauguration.
Bangalore got its glory during SM Krishna.
Pune is also headed in that direction. When I came in 1999 the city used to be dead by 8 PM. Winters were nice and chilly at times 4 degrees.
Now we are facing the same issues. Floods, traffic and extreme climates.
Climate of pune was really awesome. I visited multiple time in 90's and loved it but its charm vanished with pollution, traffic and mismanagement.
No city should be dead by 8 pm. That's the mark of a bad city.
I swear. Pune stays awake till late now and that's good.
Very right you are and that is again for the same reasons.
Growth centers like Bengaluru should be developed in each other states so that the migrants stop flocking Bengaluru. As long as this is not done Bengaluru will continue to suffer and eventually get ruined.
Practically people from.all over India *(including returning NRIs) want to "settle down" in Bengaluru buying either a 3bhk flat or an independent house on a 40x60...... there by sinking both the ground (and groundwater).
Can't understand how Bommai (BJP) alone is responsible for the mess is beyond comprehension. *although we cant yet say Bommai will handle this properly.
Hedge's idea of green belt was to curb reckless growth of the City without adequate infrastructure.
There will always be a few metros where a higher percentage of the general population will be concentrated. Most of our metros apart from Bombay(MMR) and Delhi(NCR) have a population below 10 million and probably even below 5 million. Bombay has always had Its suburban trains(lifeline) and now the upcoming metro network while Delhi has a pretty extensive metro network built over the last 2 decades. Building infrastructure like good schools colleges and professional educational institutions, roads, uninterrupted 24 *7 electricity supply, city transport infrastructure to attract industry takes time and therefore it is imperative to recognise the potential of converting cities into metros. Traditionally port cities like Bombay, Madras and Calcutta were obvious choices for metros because of port infrastructure. Attracting industry is a difficult job. Take Taiwan for instance. They were hesitant to introduce semiconductor industries in India due to a lack of world class infrastructure. But the stars seem to be aligning in India's favor due to the prevalent anti China sentiment the world over.
@@hotelcalifornia715 Rome was not built in a day. It takes decades to build an investor friendly state and city. The biggest problem with Indian metros( at least Bombay) is affordable housing which could be at the fringe limits of the city with access to good transportation like Bombay(MMR) or now Delhi(NCR) for that matter. We are still not a largely urbanized country as compared to Brazil.where close to 80% of the population lives in urban areas. They have favelas(like slums/chawls accomodation in Bombay) in Brazil where the crime rate is extremely high. I currently live in a Tier2 city called Mangalore in Karnataka state where electricity supply and charges are a joke. They have one of the largest renewable solar installations in Pavagada generating almost 2 GB ph in Karnataka state and electricity charges have increased thrice in the last 6 months to a year inspite of solar power being the cheapest form of electricity. Of course solar is non base power. In 2022 we still have load shedding or the electricity is disconnected for a few hours in a week. But renting a house/apt is cheap and there is a lot more money for discretionary spending. Businesses will still be attracted to these type of cities because their fixed costs are low.
Bro stop blaming migrants for everything. I have been travelling across India from so many years and when I see my city Bangalore. It’s infrastructure is so worst then tier 2 and tier 3 cities. We should start excepting that BBMP is most corrupt municipal body in India.
Corporates should move or open offices in small cities like vizag, bhubaneswar, Pune, ahemdabad, Lucknow etc. For that the state governments should take appropriate measures but every where the govts are busy with free bees and local politics, who cares about local talent utilisation, employment, upgrading education standards, skills
In Electronic city i met few veterans like local barber, one of my manager, etc. They often reminiscence that place before IT boom saying it was lush green, nothing less than Ooty or Chikmagalur. Now I'm feared of rapid urbanization of native Mangalore/Udupi. I seriously don't give F about those mighty fancy campuses, work from home is blessing, please encourage it.
How on earth did you find a local barber in electronic city
houdu shettre .. completely agree. we dont want any further IT companies in Ktaka.
It just takes a set of HONEST politicians and bureaucrats to take charge of the city.
What a contradictory statement. If one is honest he or she will not be a politician or a bureaucrat. To be a politician or a bureaucrat the basic quality is to be CORRUPT.
It's devastating to see my city which I still call home in such an dreadful condition. Bangalore for all the right reasons deserves a special status and needs a good governance structures in place.
The beautiful weather of our city became its worst enemy...
Under BJP the focus has been changed from infrastructure development to interreligious conflicts...! So this is expected to happen eventually...!
Shift Administration, politics and Judiciary out of Banglore to Hampi.
Very good suggestions but politicians will concentrate everything in Bengaluru to benefit their real estate ventures
@@ramk2443 They can have their ventures in Banglore even from Hampi , who can stop them.
@@rajeshbobba3851 Are you mad? Hampi is a abandoned hot desert.
@@Albetroz1415 Dubai is in hot desert and also it is was historical capital.
@@rajeshbobba3851 Hampi doesn't have unlimited supply of underground oil 😂😂😂
Sir, this is an excellent commentary and was very revealing to me. As a frequent commuter to NYC I can appreciate the points that you are making. However your statement that water rationing was “unheard of” when you were growing there was rather surprising. I grew up in Basavanagudi, arguably one of the nicest neighborhoods, in the 70’s and early 80’s. Water supply was intermittent at best and a rarity at worst. I distinctly remember having to stand at a public water pump with a bucket during a family function because the BWSSB guy had decided to turn off the water to our neighborhood. Bangalore is paying a price for its enormous success. There is not a single large office here in the US that does not have a wall clock showing the Bangalore time (along with NYC, LON and TOK). I’m sure a vast majority of Bangalore residents will definitely not want to go back to the romantic 70’s and 80’s that you describe. However every point that you have made re bad administration is spot on
Oh no sir.. If there was an option of going back in time... I would do that in a jiffy.. It doesn't matter if we have to wait for water 2 days a week.. The city as many old people describe was extremely beautiful... Forget development and all these nonsense IT industry... We don't want other language people here.. We don't want them ruining the economy.. Everything is so expensive now..
I live in Tokyo and I often visit Delhi and Bengaluru. Even after living 5 years in Tokyo I am often amazed by how well planned the Tokyo city is. In Tokyo, 66% people use trains to commute to work, 12% use bicycle and 10% walk to office. Only 3% use cars to go to office. When I go to office I walk to metro train station in the morning which takes about 5 minutes (for most people it takes more time and even park their bicylces near train station or take a bus to train station). Then I take train to the metro station near to the office which takes about 10 minutes for me. And then again I walk to the office which takes 15 minutes for me. So, in the journey of 30 minutes I walk 20 minutes! For most of my colleagues metro station journey takes 30-60 minutes. Because of walking Tokyo people are healthy as well as Tokyo air is very clean. Even CEOs etc. take metro trains.
The Ruining of BENGALURU started in 1990s itself where people started encroaching upon the Gomaala(Lands been open for cow grazing) and tank bed areas leading to total blockade of river paths.
keep away marwadis and jain people
@@lifeisnow3944 only those original Bangaloreans living here since 1980s can only understand the depth of the problem
Very true.....bangalore was so beautiful when I visited back in 2009. Now it has changed so much. When my uncle used to study in IISc in 1990s, I heard him saying that the city is clean, peaceful and crime-free in those days.
It was the chosen city of the film stars to settle then.
Everything true, except the crime was at it's PEAK.
How not to develop a city = Bangalore city.
Most relevant talk and analysis . Urban planning all over the country is in a mess and most of the reasons are the same as told by mr. Raj Chennappa ! I remember the Bangalore of the eighties and now I dread going there . The sweet memories of walking down the MG road would be ruined. Thank you for this very very meaningful video .
Root cause of all problem is that corrupt greedy politicians in 90s allowed private people to create layouts. They were called "Revenue sites" or plots created just for revenue generation and as an investment option for the rich. These people bought bits and pieces of land from farmers and created layout within their boundaries without thinking about water flow, road connection to outside world. This created lot of dead end locked roads and rainwater had nowhere to flow near the boundaries.
I grew up in Bangalore but hate what it has become. Very sad. Too many outsiders who dont give a damn.
Raj Chengappa sir!! Not just floods. Simple stuff like footpaths are not there anywhere!! Some rough stones over drains is what’s called‘footpaths’!! That too, riddled with encroachments! Entire city is so filthy and Bommai is simply indifferent like all other predecessors, irrespective of their Party!!
Commission Rate @ 40.00 %
@@saikatjana6584 who told u all ths congress???, any proof to that 40% claim
@@coolguy-zm7tn A contractor recently committed suicide alleging in his suicide note that the minister asked for 40% cut money. He said that the rate has increased much more in the BJP government. This is just one instance of commission-khori. Even a letter was written to the PM about this, but he did nothing about it. It's well known that there's a 40% commission government in Karnataka. That's why communal issues are deliberately flared up to hide the commission-khori by the government.
@@sunny123k same like ganapthi who was serving cop who commuted suicidal naming the then home monster on camera BJP is an extension of congress in corruption
please address the CORRRUPTION of the citizens also - foot paths are treated as their own property and u can see how foot path outside houses is fortified with a fence for gardening, parking. what baffles me is the various heights of the houses that causes the owners to raise the height of the footpath at will - thus this makes the footpaths totally unusable for seniors and differently abled. It is nto fun to walk on footpaths step up - step down - the steps are uneven also.
what can i say about garbage - garbage dumping, lack of consideration, indifference.
What can I say about traffic on the roads - where everybody wants to leave to work 5 minutes late and 5 minutes sooner.
what can i say about citizens indifference to contribute to civic issues
I was working in this city 2 years ago, i left and now dont ever want to return...i found job in my native place.
Very well explained and feel sad that such a beautiful city is slowly dying.Horrendous traffic which is a nightmare
It is already dead.
It's a fact of presentation. Twin Cities plan can reduce burden like Mumbai and Pune. Hyderabad, secunderabad and Cyberabad.
Delhi, Gurugram, Noida and Ghaziabad
Exactly. Bangalore should have planned satellite cities such as Navi Mumbai for Mumbai, Pimpri Chinchwad for Pune, Gurgaon and Noida for Delhi for planned development. Otherwise you can expect mass reverse migration from Bangalore towards other cities.
Bangalore has problems similar to any other rapidly expanded city, everybody saw an opportunity and exploited it for their benefit, we just cannot blame politicians and escape from it. The greed behind our actions is projecting it's ugly face.
Today's troubles are the result of yesterday greed actions !
Hence, we have to live with the plus and minuses of Bangalore as it is the only City in Karnataka where your dreams become a reality !
Properly said. I’ve seen the population of London, so, imagine, if London had no tubes trams and overground rail, the city would be in the same trouble as Bengaluru. And they only want to point out politicians from Karnataka, I do agree, but have they thought of the other states as well? It’s unfair the way they speak. I’m not defending Karnataka politicians by the way. And about 3 points of why people re-locate and establish themselves in bengaluru, he missed one point, the people are most welcoming.
Yes, people were greedy to come and settle here.. When they came they brought their selfish and corrupt nature with them.. And the locals were stupid enough to allow mass migration of outsiders.. Unlike Mysore people.. And that is why we are suffering
Bangalore is the only city where your dreams become a reality ??. Why not in tier 2 cities? Government should aggressively purse developing tier 2 cities with political will. But, politicians want to make big money from the reality sector in Bangalore, so they are not interested in the development of tier 2 cities.
@@gopalakrishna5721 cities like mangaluru, Hubli, belgavi have potential to be the next wealth generators for Karnataka, but successive governments have ignored this and focused mainly on South Karnataka
There seems to be an underlying lack of pride in the city among the policy makers.
and the people living here as well
The politicians aren't from here. They're from other parts of karnataka, and just want to loot bangalore. Its a free for all where they know their time in power is very limited so they just want to make the maximum amount of money. Its basically like pirates looting. I've lived in bangalore all my life and this started with SM Krishna, he made it OK to make money off being in power.
There is greed more than pride.
Policy makers? They are goondas, street thugs. What do you expect?
pride, lmao. they will sell you their pride for a rupee. even prostitutes are more honorable
Thank you for bringing the urban issues of India to the fore. Not only Bangalore, sadly this is the story of whole of India, big cities or small towns or villages. The mess we see today around us, tells the story of continued absence of strong visionary, social, political, environmental and economical leadership in country. Unfortunately the lessons from the colossal destruction leading to some irreparable damages are still not learnt. If the country does not wake up and take definite and committed action now, a time will come soon when most of Indian cities will become unliveable.
Things are bad becoz other Indian States aren't progressing. There is huge migration from Uttar pradesh, bihar, bengal, Rajasthan, mp, jharkhand, chattisgarh etc becoz these states don't have any city.
Indian government needs to develop cities like indore, bhopal, jaipur, lucknow, kanpur, patna, ranchi and make these cities industrial Hub so that development is spread out.
This isn't happening at all. Jndian govt. is more interested in hindu muslim, azaan, hijab, halal etc.
Stop your fake aligation। migration also happens megacities like Mumbai delhi Kolkata everyday । even your bengaluru kanada people also migrate in these cities । they didnt cry fod it।
I am bengali and will never go to MP or UP.
@@sauron2000000 lol 🤣🤣 bengal itself is becoming bihar like.
@@soumyadeepchowdhury3585 those who migrate between delhi mumbai bengaliri are tech people (techies) english educated not like biharis, bengalis and up walas carrying their child on their back walking barefoot.
When covid happened 2years ago whole world not jut india saw how desparate biharis moved from Maharashtra, Gujarat way back to their villages in bihar. There is no comparison between migration between mumbai to delhi and from bihar to mumbai/delhi/pune/hyd/bengaluru/chennai etc.
Also migration from tamilnadu, karnataka, andhra ro Mumbai used to happen in 1970s. Even in that time Shiv Sena used to mock tamilians by saying "threw these lungiwalas out of our mumbai. Jai Maharashtra" But Tamilnadu politicians instead of ignoring peoblem like what up and bihar politicians ususally do tried to solve problem by bringing industries in Tamilnadu. So outward migration from Tamilnadu to Maharashtra STOPPED long way back.
Next similarly kannadigas used to migrate to delhi, mumbai. Then shiv sena targeted them. So SM Krishna developed IT industry in bangalore.
Now hyderabad got developed. So there is very less migration between these megacities.
@@mayurkanth6987 But it is still inhabited by mostly Bengalis😜
Bangalore should not have allowed development of outer ring road. The IT industry started in electronic city. Further development should only have been allowed only in electronic and places locate outside the city. And those places should have been connected with suburban railway. the reason for all the problems of Bangalore is congress. they are greedy and lazy.
Bangalore's strength is corruption and anti labor policies.
Problem is tax paid by South is enjoyed by North.
lol,how much is required by local administration to think in future
Ever visit noida,NOIDA authority has just laid down all the roads,in outskirts & called it sector,as demand grew they just allocate land to builders
I have been to banglore,people have made huge buildings,but never considered roads!
The problem of banglore is its roads are the size of what residential streets in delhi are
Look in delhi/mumbai/channai they have made 6lanes of roads to pass traffic from centre & added MRTS,metro,BRT system
Banglore authorities have let go off development,now enroachment & its related prblem only exist
This is simply the greatest analysis and reporting I've witnessed. Kudos to you sir. I appreciate your valuable insight and as a Bangalorean myself, I hope the city goes back to its glory or as you termed it, "boom"
Also the roads are the worst in Bangalore among all major Indian cities.And the irony is the local govt charges the highest RTO and road tax in the country…Not sure how is this being allowed.. Where all that money goes to whose pocket.. I think if they fix the roads half of the traffic issue will be resolved..But we don’t see any efforts being made to improve the condition of the roads…
It had 1600 lakes, now become 200 odd. Corruption ruined this city.
Well, let's put it bluntly, the city isn't going to change in our lifetimes, so there is no hope or anything better to look forward to. The situation is only getting worse!
Right It will get worse.
For anyone who aspires to be CM of Karnataka, they have to win the state as a whole and the number of seats from Bengaluru aren’t consequential enough to win power. As a result, politicians come to power on the basis of caste calculations and populist agenda in rural seats. Once in power, politicians become busy grabbing a slice of Bengaluru’s juicy real estate deals (where these regulations are thrown out of the window) and liquor economy, while their sons flaunt Range Rovers and scare IT guys in the pub.
Nobody is accountable today for Bengaluru, the traffic is also just about moving only because of the Traffic Police (salutes to them).
Sorry that assumption is false..
Bengaluru is also a bastion of identity politics..
Bengaluru south is the most posh area of city. And it is also most kattar hindu loksabha seat
@@Real_Gigachaddi this is not about religion but the way Bengaluru’s interests are made to seem as if they are different from Karnataka’s interests. CM coming from rural area has not translated into any meaningful progress for rural people, rather these politicians act like feudal lords when they visit villages…
@@kanishkbhardwaj7824 there cannot be development in rural areas that's why they are called rural in the first place, planned urbanization of different city's is what's required.
Superb article, please come with such videos every month on Bengaluru so that there will be more awareness among public. I worked and lived in all metros in India.Presently I am in Bengaluru and waste daily two hours just to travel 9 km a side. Also worst traffic police and civic administration. On every road you see no parking no halting. Already it is too late, something needs to be done immediately, otherwise it will choke to death. Regards, N Srinivasa Rao, Bengaluru
Bengaluru is going to burst in 6 years
Because of heavy traffic and pollution
So many peoples who are native kannadigas are literally leaving Bengaluru
I think we need a rally like save Bengaluru it's so sad 😞😞
Money is not only the criteria to judge a individual's living standard
The quality of environment that a individual is living in what matters the most
Without proper environment a plant 🌱 cannot grow how one can expect a human being can survive in a polluted environment
My respect sir, atleast some ppl are talking about this madness. When the ring road was first laid i was one of the kids who thanked God for such a wide Road. I was probably one among the first to use the ring road from kr puram to marathalli to learn to ride a bicycle when it wasn't completely open for vehicles to ply. The current scene makes me regret looking at the ring road. Lakes & greenery disappeared giving way to high rise apartments creating so much water shortage, dust, heavy traffic. We are choking Bengaluru slowly & also at a fast pace. I wish some thing could be done before it becomes another Mumbai or Delhi.
Stop estate industries and hotelconstruction.
NCR is is much better condition.. These cities have already figured out a lot of issues mentioned in the video. Pollution is the only problem in NCR, but NCR supports a much larger population compared to Bangalore. Delhi is soon going to be world's number 1 City in terms of population. However, nowhere as pathetic as Bangalore.
As a bengalurean residing in baengalure for last 72 yrs born brought up it was wearing sweater through out the year when I was in school look wt happened today it needs to say several factors responsibly mainly influx of people due to it bt companies and whom is it helping not a original bangalorean my children looking to settle abroad along with people coming here for work their parents relations their servants their own doctors architects auditors where do I stand then commercialations restaurants occupying footpaths hthey r the ones who have ruined my namma bangalore it will deteriate more if not taken care probably my generation will never see bengalure to be back to golden bangalore it's enough growth for bangalore
This is a really good analysis. When visited Bengaluru almost 6 years ago, it had a pleasant weather with lots of rainfall during November. Now, I have been working here for past 1.5 years and can see the drastic change in the weather.
I have witnessed the beautiful garden city turning into concrete jungle. I feel guilty equally but had no choice. As a generous thanks, never cashed my provident fund, abandoned my BTM branch SBI, and overpaid all municipal bills by an year. Thanks Bengaluru for giving India everything you had to offer. Thanks Kempegowda Sir for finding and establishing a small Silicon Valley mid southern India 🙏🙏
Thanks, but the current Govt. is visionless, apathetic, lazy and bumbling. BBMP is a joke, its assistant engineers keep ignoring diktats knowing that the administration is too busy playing chamcha. Pray for Bangalore to be saved from these dumb politicians.
He did not know Boron from Silicon
I'm live next to BTM sbi ,now its ladies PG building. 10 years back how btm , Now Also Same only thing Metro Work going on ,madival lake got Develop, some part of Lake grand by Congress & Co Boulders
Dear Chengappa, you have done an excellent job and have captured all the vital points. As you have rightly pointed out, corruption has spoilt Bangalore. Suburban rail and metro needs to go up exponentially. Metro to airport from Whitefield and electronic city is badly required and will take the main load of the roads. But the governments i feel are taking bribes and postponing it.
Yet chengappa keeps sucking the bjp.
BMC official himself told that politicians take their cut when project is going on
Sir, with all due respect, India needs to be strict on corruption, it's not just in backward states, it's everywhere. In every government project, everyone involved in the project has a cut, and you won't get your job done if you pay everyone concerned with either looking over a project or inspecting it. If India wants to go anywhere, we will have to tackle corruption first. I mean, in places like Bangalore (lived there from 2012-2017) cops won't take your fir if they don't feel like it, or if they feel that you are not "local enough". My home state is another case of total corruption, you might have to pay the cops to get an FIR, and pray that the other party does offer him more to not take the case.
What makes you think that Karnataka is not a backward state buddy?
@@parthapratimdas597 I mean because of all the IT revolution, they are generating revenue. Banglore alone is making more money than entire Bihar. I am not at all calling it super developed, i am just calling it better than Bihar. Agreed on this ?
@@pratyushkaushal6188 o yes. Definitely. Why would you compare with bihar? Last ncrb report saying Karnataka still has 19℅ staying below poverty level.
@@parthapratimdas597 You are from West Bengol?
@@pratyushkaushal6188 yes
Thankyou for highlighting sir. Very analysed and well put together. Corruption & rapid urbanisation has screwed up this beautiful city. We hope to make it a much better place for everyone again.
Thank you for making a video on such critical issue. This kind of journalism is not seen these days
Very comprehensive story, Sir. Many thanks for doing this. Hope the newly scaling cities take learnings from this and prevent future man/women-made disasters.
Corporate greed and Political greed .. poor planning and non futuristic leaders being elected and governing the state..an insight presentation.. unfortunately having lived in BLR , I absolutely agree with your analogy the “death sentence” to Bangalore was and is delivered by the boom of IT & BT sector…. No futuristic leader could have gauged the damage the IT corridor is going to have on the city…
Bengaluru had a palace which has disappeared, the magnificent fort has almost disappeared and the charming bungalows with gardens have been replaced by apartment complexes. It's very sad. And of course the flooding and the garbage. 😢
Being a Bangaloreian born n broguht up in namma Bangalore....it's a shame that City is going in a wrong directional way but we can't stop this...the population will still explode in near coming future....all the politicians who ruled for last 2 decade needs to be help responsible
In the last few years, due to people action, Ive seen more lakes being revived than being destroyed so many lakes near sarjapur are so clean and great waking areas. There are things to be put in place, but It still remains the best cities in India. Another improvement which can be done is for the state government to build huge car parkings throughout the outer ring road. and make the area within the ring road as totally car free. That way there will be huge potential for growth
I lived in Banglore in the early 80s in Rajaji Nagar. It was a beautiful place filled with parks and great roads .My happiest memories are going up the road and skating downhill as we were learning to skate.We had wonderful neighbors….It’s sad to see the chockablock roads a d the nightmare it is now
Yes that was before IT boom, industrial growth, population growth, less vehicles and yes skies were clearer, air were fresh and noise was less ❤
Subhodayam.
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We are social beings with our lives so twisted that we fail to realize when we are right and when we are wrong. Our ego comes in clouding our thoughts and actions.
We are experts in criticizing others but cannot take criticism. We want to dictate others but cannot accept or we become so enslaved that we cannot question...
Stop. Take control of your life, your thoughts, your actions. No one is born a slave or a king. Instead of focusing on others either to tell or be told, focus on self, evolve, and in that, allow room for others.
Where there is understanding, there is no room for arguments. No one is so perfect that one is always right... remember the adage 'to err is human'? to accept and amend is humane!
Be human... independent, individual and yet social.
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An excellent presentation, I am from Bangalore and I feel very uneasy about the Bangalore today.
Dr D Thimmaiah, Liverpool, United Kingdom
BHEL, BEML should be shifted to Tumkur.
The LONDON which you are referring to was in an INDEPENDENT and Highly INDUSTRIALIZED for more than 5 centuries..Must appreciate how Bengaluru has developed in such a short time..But what's true is rampant corruption among the civic bodies
Good analysis and suggestions for solution!! Hmmm but great difficult task indeed!!
Feels bad with Bangalore going down the drain with each passing day
We miss the good old Bangalore 😒Don’t feel like visiting my birth place these days especially when I think of traffic , pollution and water shortage 😭😭😭😭
I first visited Bangalore in 1977.
Quality of life was at its peak.
I want to suggest few points
Bangalore is blessed with ample rainfalls. Rain water goes into drains.
Rain water harvesting must be mandatory. All schools, colleges, universities, Sheds, Govt buildings ,namma metro must have
Rain water harvesting.
All netas and Sarkari babus should visit each and every houses and implement forcefully RWH
Roads be repaired immediately
Proper footpaths all along the Roads
In capital city Delhi, there are thousands of free Urinals built during BJP and congress rule.
Build 10,000 male urinals in the city.
Namma Metro be constructed on war footings.
Reduce buildings constructions
Love from Rajasthan
Jay hind
Thank you. This is such an excellent analysis so succinctly and Simply explained.
After the second wave of COVID, I went back to Bangalore to vacate as I was working from my native in Andhra. After nearly 2 years of working from home when I was going to my rented house in Indiranagar from Bangalore airport, this is what I felt "man I hate this city's traffic it's downright depressing. I don't even want to come back to this".
Please don't come back. Outsiders have ruined bangalore.
@@Akshay-oj3oc Man do you realise the irony of your comment? I literally said I left and came back after 2 years only to vacate and I felt it's depressing because of the way the traffic conditions still were being handled (I bet they still are). Well plenty of 'outsiders' went out to work from home. What improved?
Nothing is perfect in world. No city is perfect. One or other thing people have to compromise.
@@Akshay-oj3oc yup. Sadly it seems you've compromised on human values. 🤷🏻♂️
Well how many left lot more came back half the imigrants leave half the problem will be solved any ways u guy's aren't helping the city to its betterment bcoz urall the problem, you'll dont learn the local language anybody who wants to relocate comes to bangalore uses what they get and goes back and cribs abt the traffic there's no other city where the locals are so welcoming
Part of the problem of Bangalore is that quite a few of the imported talent doesn’t think of the city as their home. They aren’t invested in the city, they’re not registered to vote and don’t vote in local elections. This is perceived as apathy which allows the local politicians to treat Bangalore as a cash cow, whose resources are used to fund widely populist policies aimed at an electorate outside Bangalore which helps in elections.
India a today office used to just opposite both Raj’s and my alma mater - Bishop Cottons Boys’ School.
Unfortunately, the problems of Bangalore have been going on for a while. These were conveniently ignored by the media, till …….. the ultra rich and CxOs of large and MNC companies suffered what many Bangaloreans have been suffering for quite some time.
I trust media will continue focus on our city, long after the lives of the movers and shakers return normal.
how about local caste kannada ppl ? is it not in the best interest of the locals to welcome the brightest minds in the world and provide them excellent place to work and live ??
@@fwefhwe4232 Any Mega City is not possible to be build by the locals its all the talent that comes in makes their lives here should participate in the democratic process but if that happens locals will wont have any say bcoz Outsiders outnumber than locals in Blr that's the issue we need to tread , we need all the stake holders to come together and Work for the betterment of the City
The imported talent came/continues to come for selfish reasons viz to get ahead in career, make money and use Bangalore as a gateway to go abroad 💩😈. Whats the pont in registering them as voters? Even if they were to vote they'd vote for whoever represents their selfish interests.
Outside talent coming to Banglore is good as long as - (1)they are reasonably talented (2)they dont politics (3)local talent is not ignored. But unfortunately if you see the talent coming in nowadays, it's friends & relatives of those settled here who 'clique' togther to keep out good, fresh talent including local talent.
I'm not against talented people coming to Bangalore from outside, they can be sent to tier2 cities of Karnataka to develop them like Bangalore. But IMHO, Bangalore needs more local youth take up high-tech & management jobs and political careers so they can guide the development of Bangalore.
@@fwefhwe4232 The local Kannadiga's don't have any political representation, we don't have strong regional parties to vote for like Tamil Nadu or Andhra, so we are stuck with BJP or Congress.
@@Albetroz1415 bjp in Bangalore has a strong presence since it's early days,
Those rx 100 and RD 350 days in bangalore... sweet memories
Very well researched and articulated analysis of the Bengaluru problem
I travel 15 km everyday to office and it takes 1 hr and not to mention the potholes. I have met with accidents thrice in 6 months. Metro and flyover construction is just one excuse for traffic jam. If they would have been serious they would have atleast filled all the pot holes. In the 15 km journey there are at least 70-80 big potholes and I am talking about main Bangalore area in HSR- Kudlu Gate - Electronics City. I think the officials and Ministers are either really corrupt or they just don't care.
Lets also put it this way .bengaluru alone contribute around 43 % of Karnataka's GDP . such metropolitans in every state absorbs the extra burden of entire state and contributes to the economy. these cities are also the life providers aligning both cultural and new style landscapes. We need to understand this and look out for a way to decongest and re energise our cities . for it Tamil nadu model of multiple clusters can be replicated.
I'm so irritated the way politicians and bureaucrats are just busy making money and not worried at all about city planning and maintenance
Simplicity, integrity, commitment and contentment built this beautiful city. Corruption at all levels and in all areas has virtually brought the city to a state beyond repair.
Even at this stage, if all it's citizens vow to fight corruption, Bengaluru will bounce back.
Greed . IT saw builders from Andhra and North flocking to Bangalore. They corrupted the govt agencies and simple villagers built massive buildings and brought the denigration of the beautiful city. Now the city is committing suicide.
Corruption happens when one is willing to get corrupted. The villagers were greedy enough to make overkill have more money than justified hence they sold there lands. Same is happening all over India so the blame is to be equally shared by sellers and buyers and builders.
I have seen people bribing for legal structures too, forget about illegal constructions,even the roads are pathetic, and the R&B and fiber companies wait for roads to be paved so that they can be dug.
@@birdofforest1313 Cannot blame. The codes and regulations need to be taken care of by bigger folks. People cannot sell farmland for high rises, and do not follow drainage and other codes. The city needs to breathe. All cities need open space.
They can also explore the nearby Hosur in Tamil nadu which also has an airport in Hosur. It is easy to extend the Metro to Hosur. Even Singapore has a housing colony in the bordering malaysia. This will also help use the airport in Hosur which is atleat one third the distance to the electronic city compared with the distance from the Kempagowda airport
Nobody is going to shift to Tamil Nadu, the most arrogant people ever certainly Bangloreans won't be moving there & the north Indians that work in IT aswell.
Dabaspete Doddabalapur, Hosakote. There are many Hosurs inside Karnataka. They are near to International airport.
@@shrihara But they are still very far from the electronic city and there is an airport in hosur which can be better utilised. This is how countries like Germany have grown without building up the traffic snarls that Bangalore is facing
@@margabandhuvenkates3770 Hosur airport is not operational as it is blocked in KIAL. There cannot be another airport within 250 kms range.
@@shrihara You said it right an perational is BLOCKED for the benefit of a private airport though it is a viable one
Thank you for enlighting.
Very well explained.
Why don't experienced and accomplished people like you and young and concerned populace of the city (like myself) come together and set up a task force to set things right?
Someone correctly said "Bangalore is paying the price of its success"
That's the truth. The greed for allowing more and more companies come into Bangalore and trying to boom it's economy to infinity, is the reason for growing corruption, constrained natural resources and bring it to a position where it is today.
Bangalore should have stopped ingress of new companies some decade ago, without being greedy, but could have acknowledged its limitations. This would have i) saved the city from nature's fury and shortage of natural resources ii) forced new companies to select other prospective states which could have grown at par iii) caused even distribution of economic status across the country iv) impacted a direct blow to petty and large corruption's as investors would have more options v) allowed many more employees to be with their parents.
This is true for every state/City like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai..... Limit the ingress of more companies once your plate is full .....else everyone will ride this same boat.
Good idea, buddy.
Excellent presentation. Totally agreed.
Even as a non-engineer we could see the city going to drains... They balantly killed the city. They butchered it with bad governance and cut all trees, occupied all lakes and while make roads made just 2 lane new roads.
It was soo painful to see. From indiranagar to manyata techpark there were no high rises and only clutter clutter clutter . Shear greediness and those PPL should be punished
Corruption killing a city...
This holds true for almost all Indian cities
Nice explanation Raj.
Need to de-congest the city and have a satellite town or extension, as you said near the KIA...cheers mate...
Shashi Venson
Good analysis. Thanks. A lot of unknown aspect.
The City of Toronto, Canada has a CEO type of leadership. This city is ranked the 8th best city out of more than 150 cities in the world by The Economist. Plenty of greenery including a giant park right in the middle of the city. The city has an excellent waste disposal system. It also has the world's largest underground shopping complex(super huge). Excellent educational and health infrastructure. The City is a model for rapid response to snow storms. And much more. Best of all -- No corruption.
Not true, Toronto has same problems as any other big city , traffic sucks big time in Toronto .
The only way forward is to limit a city’s population and introduce quotas to the housing being developed.
@@ani23390 do you live in Toronto
@@stepup367 yup, lived in Toronto for a year from 2021-2022 . Also, it has a problem with affordable housing, as rent prices have skyrocketed in the last decade .
@Anirudh Murali by saying not true, you are blanketing my comment which is either rather ignorant on your part or your communication skills is found wanting. My comment stated facts, while you by saying not true"are denying these facts. No city is perfect - such a thing only exists in utopia. The Economist ranking factors in more than a 100 parameters - note it considers quality of life, not cost of living.
@@stepup367 overall, from my experience Toronto is highly overrated, unless you have lived in/ travelled to that City, you can’t really say about the pros and cons .
Bangalore’s should be a classic lesson to others on how not to develop a city as someone else pointed out already. Gurgaon is already going the Bengaluru way. Hope Chennai’s city fathers learn.
Chennai will never be growing as fast as Bangalore or Gurgaon as migration is not even 1/10th
Gurgaon was saved by retrofitting a long time ago imo
Chennai is already screwed. What makes you think it is in a good position??
@@bhmglam317 I agree but the traffic and road plannings are definitely not that much big of a problem in Chennai. Government did a fantastic job in building many flyovers as it is called the city of flyovers so it reduces traffic. But urban planning is not at all well done in Chennai that's why there is a lot of water getting stagnated when monsoon comes every year. Literally there is no way for water to join the ocean or sea.
@@creativethinkers3214 what about road quality? Only reason wjy chennai still survives is because it does not rain heavily. If you are lucky it can rain for 2 months. If we had bangalore type of rains chennai would have been destroyed beyond repair. We have widespread water scarcity but unfortunately we cannot even hope for rains because that would be even more damaging.
It went bad ever since that writer suggested we have a name change.
It’s also important to note that no home buyers would want to buy a piece of land or dream home where it is a govt land, litigation etc and every home buying goes through loan process and verified by authorised banks and lawyers and no issue was raised during registration and now govt is processing the vacating of encroachments based on old map and irony is no govt or judiciary would want to hear the plea or struggle of these middle class people who are loosing their life long savings in the form of a home. The govt and judiciary should make provisions to get compensation from the real culprits who sold these lands including govt agencies instead of targeting only home owners. And it’s also important to look at what’s practically, technically and logically viable at this point of time to solve the issues and take necessary stringent action to avoid these situation is not reoccurred in future. Unfortunate that the people who go through this situation is less in number and mainly middle class single home owners who still pay EMI, property tax and income tax and now can’t afford another home for their life and no one is there to support them.😢
Bangalore is still the most beautiful and promising city in our country. Large awareness programmes are necessary on a wartime basis to protect our Bangalore. Strict laws and regulations are inevitable. Those who are in Bangalore are 100% responsible for the nourishment of the city. No more plastics should be thrown into nature; and ensuring that no vehicle in the city lacks PUC certificates.
Bengaluru is no more a “Garden City” it has become a “Concrete City”.
Bangalore needs to upgrade existing roads into world class infrastructure, from what I've seen recently it's an absolute mess and downright dangerous for commuters.
Every second of this video brings attention and provides information!
The city has grown too far beyond any redemption. There was so much hype around it and still it is there. Even after being proven time and again that the city lacks all characteristics of a metro, big corporations are going in there like lemmings. Herd mentality at work.
NRN’s suggestion that a strong CEO with elected representatives to support him will solve the civic issues shows much he is removed from reality. The only solution is to stop new offices being set up and relocate those already there on a last come first out basis. The so called development of the city should stop immediately. First work out a way to deal with nature and then restart development using what one has learnt.
I had stayed in Bangalore for around 6 years, I feel Bangalore is great and one of the best city in the country. Only issue I feel is metro system needs to be developed like Delhi. Govt. Should offer incentives for companies to set up in tier-2 nearby cities like Mysore, Mangalore, etc.
Beautifully put together. Due to a sudden boom in population, the civic authorities became helpless. Hence,ORR became a concrete jungle. That exposed the infrastructure loopholes in BLR. Rapid and ill planned development has resulted in what we see now.
Truer words have not been spoken, this is a must watch for anyone who has lived in bangalore or planning to live in bangalore, people have to grow out of the mindset that Bengaluru is an issue, we have created this issue together and we need to fix this, untill we plan to lose out on such a great prospect of a city.
COMMISSION @ 40.00 % No Where In The World Such High % Commission Is There.What Do You Think Sir What Will Vendors,Contractor Do With Rest 60.00 % ???????????