Bengaluru Mobility

A Citizens Movement for Sustainable, Multi-Modal, Integrated Mobility for Bengaluru!
Campaigns: @SandeepAnirudha

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

@DKShivakumar @DKShivakumar we hope you have learnt that Metro is the only option for Bengaluru - not tunnel roads or elevated corridors or flyovers.
Expand Metro as a dense grid, not linear to neighbouring cities or towns - there is the suburban rail for that!
@rajdugar @solidview

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

@DKShivakumar we hope you have learnt that Metro is the only option for Bengaluru - not tunnel roads or elevated corridors or flyovers.
Expand Metro as a dense grid, not linear to neighbouring cities or towns - there is the suburban rail for that!
@rajdugar @solidview

[DK Shivakumar @DKShivakumar]

Namma Metro - Namma Ride!

On my way to International Tech Park Bangalore today, I took the Namma Metro from Vidhana Soudha.

Namma Metro is truly Bengaluru’s lifeline. We are committed to expanding the network with new metro lines, growing from about 96 km today to 137 km by 2026 and nearly 175 km by 2027.

#NammaMetro #NammaBengaluru

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

2/n Bengaluru pays the highest metro fares across India. This shows that the Govt here has no understanding of what should constitute a city's mobility.
* Firstly, because the city doesn't have it own Govt, as prescribed by the 74th Amendment of the constitution.
* Secondly, the state govt policy is directed by the vested interests of ministers in the cabinet, who ignorantly chase after car-oriented projects like tunnel roads and elevated corridors.
* Instead of investing in and subsidising public transport, the state govt wishes to invest on and subsidise car use; displaying its lack of planning wisdom.
* The ideal mobility regulator under the National Urban Transport Policy, the UMTA is non existent or non operational here. The BMLTA that has been constituted is merely a showpiece with no actual powers.
This Karnataka Govt is directionless and misguided - it is causing untold and irreversible harm to Bengaluru!

@BLRMobility @CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar @MBPatil @DULTBangalore @RLR_BTM @dineshgrao @RahulGandhi @INCKarnataka @INCIndia @siddaramaiah @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @NITIAayog @solidview

#PublicTransportFirst #MassTransit #RollBackMetroFare #NammaMetro #MetroFare #metroticketpricehike #PriceHike #Bengaluru #PublicTransport #Metro

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

Dear @CMofKarnataka Both State and Center are stakeholders in @OfficialBMRCL . In fact, State has invested higher amount, so it has a majority say!

COMPARISON: Bengaluru Vs Chennai Metro
Same MOU, different behaviour:
* TN reduces fares by 40%,
* Karnataka increases fares by 71%!
https://t.co/uWIyQkTiXv
How come the Tamil Nadu Govt reduced the fares in Chennai, rather than increase it? You don't care about the citizens?
What does the Karnataka Govt think its job is - Welfare or exploitation?
Stop spending on silly projects like Tunnel Roads and Elevated Corridors, and use that money instead to subsidise the Metro & Public Transport.

Roll back the unacceptable fare increase done last year!
* Fare Fixation Committee is not mandatory. It is only set up on the insistence of the state. Fire the Fare fixation committee, because it has proven to be unfit!
* Let BMLTA (which is the mobility regulator for the city) have the power to oversee and fix fares, and subsidise various modes of transport!

@siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @DULTBangalore @NITIAayog @dineshgrao @RLR_BTM @INCKarnataka @solidview

#PublicTransportFirst #MassTransit #RollBackMetroFare #NammaMetro #MetroFare #metroticketpricehike #PriceHike #Bengaluru

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

@CMofKarnataka @NITIAayog @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @OfficialBMRCL @MDNammaMetro @nammametro @WF_Watcher @BengaluruAgenda @BLRTownHall @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar 2/n | BETRAYAL BY @CMofKarnataka?

COMPARISON Bengaluru Vs Chennai - Same MOU, different behaviour:
* TN reduces fares by 40%,
* Karnataka increases fares by 71%!
Welfare or Exploitation?

credits: @dayatiger197312 / @solidview

https://t.co/MCppDDROfF

#RollBackMetroFares

[Satya @solidview]

Bengaluru: Metro fare fixation process as per the MoU.

-GoK to make institutional arrangement (BMLTA) for fare revision for all modes except suburban rail

-BMRCL makes statutory arrangements

-GoI constitutes FFC if BMRCL requests

So, GoK & BMRCL MD call the shots on fares.

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

#RollBackMetroFare Bengaluru has the most expensive metro fares in the country! Namma Metro is heavily over-priced! It has reduced the metro to an elitist mode of transport! This is unacceptable.

Roll Back Metro fares now!

@CMofKarnataka @NITIAayog

#AffordablePublicTransport

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

Bengaluru Suburban Rail's missing deadlines

https://t.co/wk7LYk6myK

@SandeepAnirudha @CNNnews18

#Mobility #UnplannedDevt #SuburbanRail #Bengaluru

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

Bengaluru top congested city again! But is the Govt getting its act together or worsening the situation?

https://t.co/FLeGFxg7BN

@CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @ut_MoHUA @SandeepAnirudha @rajdugar @News9Tweets
#Mobility #Transport #UnplannnedDevt

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

This should be standard issue for all policemen?
@CPBlr @DgpKarnataka @Jointcptraffic

[All About Namma Bengaluru 🇮🇳 @allaboutbluru]

A #Bengaluru software engineer, Pankaj Tanwar, has creatively turned his motorcycle helmet into an #AI-powered road safety tool.
The smart helmet can identify traffic violations in real time, capture visuals with location & no plate details, & share verified evidence with BTP.

[Bengaluru Mobility @BLRMobility]

How Bengaluru’s Tunnel Road Might Make Traffic Worse!

https://t.co/eDS2DLXWRf

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

An MP could give the Govt a full 'Transport Plan' that the city desperately needs in two days; what is shocking is that the Govt does not have the mandated authorities, nor the capacity to come up with such a sensible plan on its own in 33 years. Instead the Govt chases after dubious, ad-hoc and arbitrary Non Plan projects suggested by scammers!

Just imagine how dysfunctional the Govt has become!?

The Metropolitan Planning Committee, the prescribed Planning Authority for the city, exists only on paper - no experts or planners have been hired. The BMLTA, the transport regulator for the city also exists only on paper. And a minister goes around announcing all kinds of Non-Plan projects that lack common sense even.

33 years since the 74th Amendment was passed the city has not had a single Masterplan that is compliant with the law. Result = Unplanned Development = Urban Ruin!

It is not about which plan is better than which. The real question is what needs to be done to fix this Planning and Governance vacuum in the system!? How can the Govt be made to comply with the requirements of constitution, law and due process?

#SystemicReform #UrbanPlanning #UrbanGovernance #Devolution #UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum

@Tejasvi_Surya @PCMohanMP @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield

[ರವಿ ಕೀರ್ತಿ ಗೌಡ @ravikeerthi22]

IISC are also BJP / JDS people ?? 🙂

[Aarthi Iyengar @ThatsAarthi]

The number of cars or people in Bangalore is not going to be stagnant while he builds the tunnels or flyovers. By the time the tunnel is built, we'll have that many more cars and people, and the tunnel will be jammed too (if it isn't already flooded). How many tunnels does he plan to keep building? How many more roads will he widen? How many times will we keep having the same discussion on potholes? The idea is to reduce dependency on owned cars and offer sustainable and practical alternative solutions - such as ramping up metro construction, routes, footpaths, last mile connectivity, feeder buses, more bus routes, and bicycle friendly lanes. I shouldn't feel forced to take an auto or cab to go 1.5 kms. I should be able to walk or cycle without being assaulted by gravel, sand, stones, dust, emissions, and sewage. I shouldn't have to drive 1.5 hours for just 22 kms each way for work. Metros and buses should suffice. May God grant him the humility and patience to listen to what everyone is saying.

[Agent Peenya @Themangofellow]

So called "Elected representatives" mindset..

@DKShivakumar A million Bangaloreans have said No to Tunnel..

Please drop the Tunnel. Build Public transport. That is what Bangalore wants..

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

4/n Politicians, real estate mafia and the industry captains of the city have a stranglehold over the city's planning and govt, but none of them seem to have the well-being of the city in mind....? Only profits and vested interests!?

https://t.co/dwR7OzTYrX

Why aren't any of them pushing to fix the planning mechanism? Why aren't any of them pushing to fix the governance mechanism? Why aren't any of them pushing to fix transparency and accountability?

#UrbanPlanning #UrbanGovernance #Devolution
#UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum

@kiranshaw @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

3/n Meaningful or just optics?
Another meeting between industry captains and Govt -
❓ But did they agree on fixing governance and rule of law?
❓Will the Govt abide by the 74th Amendment of Constitution? Will it truly devolve governance?
❓Will the Govt operationalise the Metropolitan Planning Committee? Will it appoint experts such as Urban Planners and Transport Planners to the MPC? Will it allow the MPC to form a Vision plan and Masterplan for the city?
❓Will the Govt allow the right constitutional authorities to plan and develop the city? Or will it keep bumbling on with ad-hocism and arbitrary advice from illegitimate advisors and vested interests?

WHAT DO THE INDUSTRY CAPTAINS SUPPORT -
CONSTITUTIONALITY & RULE OF LAW?
OR
MISGOVERNANCE, AD-HOCISM, AND VESTED INTERESTS❓❓❓❓❓

#UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum

@kiranshaw @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield

https://t.co/2KFxN8mIim

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

2/n Meetings go on, nothing improves! Guess why? Nobody is addressing the elephant in the room - Migovernance / Maladministration (Constitutionality, Rule of law, and Systemic reform).

Decision making is based on whims and fancies, which are illegal, there isn't sufficient governance reforms, transparency or accountability!

If the 74th Amendment of Constitution is implemented in totality, it will fix the system, but these 'leaders' are either unaware or unwilling to pursue it?

Meeting 1:
https://t.co/U6S6fg7tQQ

Meeting 2:
https://t.co/O33V6qTRDq

#UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum

@kiranshaw @DKShivakumar @siddaramaiah @CMofKarnataka @DULTBangalore @TVMohandasPai @MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

WHAT PLANNING? DOES BENGALURU HAVE ANY PLANNING AT ALL?

ONLY PROJECTS THAT ARE PART OF MASTERPLAN CAN BE CARRIED OUT BY GOVT!

1. If a project affects land use, zoning, or spatial development — such as:

* new roads, flyovers, metro lines, or major infrastructure,
* housing layouts or industrial areas,
* changes to open spaces, parks, or lake areas,
* reclassification of land (e.g., green belt to commercial),

then it should be consistent with the city’s Master Plan (or Development Plan).

In Karnataka, this is governed by the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961 (KTCP Act).
Relevant sections:
* Section 13: Once a Master Plan (RMP/CDP) is sanctioned, all land use and development must conform to it.
* Section 14: No change of land use can be made unless it’s in accordance with the plan or formally modified through due process (notification, objections, approval, etc.).
* Section 15–17: Detail the procedure for modification of the Master Plan.

�� So all these projects such as Tunnel Roads, Elevated Corridors, Roads in Lake and Rajakaluve Buffer zones, etc., must either already appear in the Master Plan or go through a formal plan amendment.

2. Legal principle of “conformity”

Courts (including the Karnataka High Court) have repeatedly held that:

> Any development or project undertaken by any authority — public or private — must conform to the approved Master Plan.

DO ANY OF THE AD-HOC MOBILITY PROJECTS IN BENGALURU APPEAR IN THE MASTERPLAN? AREN’T ALL OF THESE ILLEGAL?

Not just TUNNEL Roads and Elevated Corridors, even most of the Metro and Suburban Rail projects, the Peripheral Ring road, the Satellite Town Ring Road, and the Bengaluru Surrounding Roads projects by KRDCL, the double decker flyovers, etc., are not part of Masterplan.

It is this culture of #UnplannedDevelopment that is ruining Bengaluru!

#UnplannedDevelopment #AdHocism #Arbitrary #UrbanRuin #UrbanDecay #74thAmendment #NagarPalikaAct #Constitution #Planning #RealBrandBengaluru #BrandBengaluru #CivicApathy #PotholeCity #ITSlum #SiliconSlum

@MoHUA_India @mlkhattar @BLRMobility @DULTBangalore @tdkarnataka @RLR_BTM @DKShivakumar @CMofKarnataka @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @NITIAayog @narendramodi

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

Not 'Plans to'..... This was the plan always! The tunnel roads project is a cunningly devised #RealEstateScam

[Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru @BengaluruAgenda]

The DCM @DKShivakumar complains that nobody is offering solutions? Over 70,000 suggestions were recd when he announced a public consultation. We ourselves gave a 3 point formula to fix at root, the Unplanned Devt problem of Bengaluru!

https://t.co/WzEDg6TDdM

Even after that, when he announced ill-advised projects and measures, civil society have been providing suggestions on course correction....

Everyone is telling him:
* Focus on Mass Transit projects only, no more road projects
* Follow the constitution
* Don't announce any 'Non Plan Projects'!
* Let the MPC build a vision plan and masterplan for the city - no more unplanned development please!
* Devolve and decentralise don't impose a GBA on this city....
* Hold elections to municipal councils immediately
* Implement 74th Amendment sincerely.

But, instead of looking at the solutions provided, he steams ahead with his own agenda.... Who's to blame?

@CMofKarnataka @siddaramaiah @rashtrapatibhvn @narendramodi @NITIAayog @PMOIndia @MoHUA_India @ut_MoHUA @mlkhattar @RahulGandhi