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In a city where traffic jams are as familiar as filter coffee, one company has decided it has had enough. BlackBuck, the Bengaluru-based digital trucking platform, is packing up from its Bellandur office on Outer Ring Road (ORR) — not over taxes, not over policies, but because of potholes. Yes, potholes. After nearly a decade of calling Bellandur home, CEO Rajesh Kumar Yabaji announced the move on X with a post that read less like a corporate update and more like a breakup letter, complete with a broken-heart emoji. His candid note explained that the daily commute had turned into a trial by endurance, with employees spending upwards of ninety minutes navigating crater-like roads just to get to work. Bellandur, once the gleaming address of global IT giants, is now synonymous with battered infrastructure, dusty air, and a civic system that seems to have run out of steam. For Yabaji, the situation feels hopeless. “Roads full of potholes and dust, coupled with the lowest intent to get them rectified. Did not see any of this changing in the next five years,” he wrote bluntly.Live Events— YABAJI (@YABAJI) A corridor of chaos The ORR stretch between Silk Board and KR Puram is the city’s busiest IT artery, housing more than 500 companies and nearly a million professionals. Yet despite being a top revenue generator for Bengaluru’s civic body, the area offers little to cheer for commuters. Vehicular traffic here has surged by 45% compared to last year, worsening an already dire situation, accorind to a TOI Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar’s earlier assurances did little to calm concerns. His argument that Bengaluru is “not a planned city” and cannot be fixed overnight has been met with little patience from residents and industry leaders. Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai called BlackBuck’s exit “a big failure of governance,” while the Greater Bengaluru IT Companies & Industries Association issued a statement urging immediate action and a clear roadmap to rescue the city’s reputation as India’s tech capital.”Please see, companies are moving out of ORR. Situation beyond hope. Please intervene,” said Pai in a post on X.— TVMohandasPai (@TVMohandasPai) A long list of fixes The wishlist from Bellandur’s weary residents is telling: speedy Metro line completion, concrete-topped arterial roads, safe footpaths, working drains, streetlights that function, more buses, and shuttle links between residential pockets and office hubs. As netizens put it, Bellandur has become less of a bustling IT hub and more of a “workplace purgatory” where dust clouds, chaotic traffic, and non-existent pedestrian space greet workers daily. Some even accused local politicians of indifference, pointing out that complaints have gone unanswered for years. For now, one thing is clear: potholes in Bengaluru are no longer just a nuisance — they’re changing the city’s corporate map.Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now!
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