Rishabh Verma

Building ShopDeck

[Chandra R. Srikanth @chandrarsrikant]

🚨Bengaluru's infra gridlock: Delayed projects pile up as new plans add to traffic woes

Recently, real estate major Prestige Group completed a 1.5-km flyover connecting its campus near Bellandur Lake to Outer Ring Road using its own funds in about a year.

The project stands in sharp contrast to the pace at which public infrastructure works are executed in Bengaluru.

Take the case of the long-delayed 2.4-km Ejipura flyover (Kendriya Sadan-Ejipura corridor), often dubbed Bengaluru's 'Stonehenge'. First proposed in 2014 and contract awarded in 2017, project has been plagued by repeated delays and is now expected to be completed only by October 2026-nearly a decade after work began.

A Moneycontrol review found that more than 30 major infrastructure projects being executed by various government agencies have suffered significant delays, leading to cost overruns and adding to traffic congestion in India's tech and startup capital.

Even as several old projects remain unfinished, government agencies continue to announce new ones, extending Bengaluru's seemingly endless cycle of construction activity and traffic disruptions

Good one by @ChristinMP_

https://t.co/8cMhfigp5m

[Shekhar Kulkarni @GudduShekhar]

Pathetic Infra on ORR
@GBA_office @DCPTrEastBCP @acpsetraffic @blrcitytraffic @PCMohanMP @DeccanHerald @TOIBengaluru @TVMohandasPai @BengaluruAgenda @citizenmatters

[Sarthak Sidhant @sidhant_sarthak]

CBSE has systematically rewritten its rulebook to favor Coempt Eduteck.

check out the blog.

[Nikhil Pahwa @nixxin]

More bad news for mobile phone users in India (after SIM binding): Our government is mandating a government app (sanchar saathi) on every new phone, permanently, Reuters reports.

Will be pushed to your phone via OTA. New smartphones need to have it. Users cannot delete it. This is a first. India has never before required an unremovable state app on every device. Russia does btw, with its MAX Messenger (started September 2025).

A few comments regarding this:
1. Sanchar Saathi is a lost phone tracker, but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal, it becomes a government tracker on your device.

IF the government is allowed to get away with this, what’s next? A mandatory digital ID app? Digiyatra forcefully installed on each device? An app that disables VPNs or tracks your app and browser history? An app that sends copies of your messages to the government once a month?

Once the OS layer is opened to the state, it doesn’t close.

2. Legally, one can argue that your mobile phone is your personal space, and this is an invasion of your personal space.

It’s where we have our most private conversations. Exchange sensitive information with people we trust.

How do we know this app isn’t used to access files and messaging on our device, which is unencrypted on device? Or a future update won’t do that? This is clearly an invasion of our privacy.

3. Remember how the government exempt itself from much of the Data Protection Law. This explains why.

The Data Protection Law will make private companies more accountable and the Indian government less accountable.

4. Bloatware is already an issue with some phones (It’s why I don’t use Samsung). Now there’s more, and this time the government is forcing bloatware. I guess we’ll all have to root our phones now. When you buy a phone with bloatware, you're choosing to buy it with bloatware. This is different.

5. The way things work with India’s Department of Telecom, there was no public consultation, the order wasn’t disclosed. Just forced. This is dictatorial in nature. If they get away with this, more will follow.

[barkha dutt @BDUTT]

I had a 20 minute conversation on the phone with Mr Sivakumar today and felt so utterly helpless at the end of it. He broke down in tears many times. From placing his daughter’s body in the morgue to the response of the police, from cremation grounds to cops, he spoke of hostile red tape and open corruption. This for a man mourning the death of his 34 year old daughter. Blood boiling and heart breaking

[Siddharth @sidsimharaju]

Bangalore startup idea: Fill potholes in Bangalore. The patch becomes your ad space.

[Rashid Khan @rashidkhan_19]

I am deeply saddened by the loss of civilian lives in the recent Pakistani aerial strikes on Afghanistan. A tragedy that claimed the lives of women, children, and aspiring young cricketers who dreamed of representing their nation on the world stage.

It is absolutely immoral and barbaric to target civilian infrastructure. These unjust and unlawful actions represent a grave violation of human rights and must not go unnoticed.

In light of the precious innocent souls lost, I welcome the ACB’s decision of withdrawing from upcoming fixtures against Pakistan. I stand with our people at this difficult time, our national dignity must come before all else.

[Jeevan M @m_jeevan73031]

80% of the traffic can be reduced with below metro connections if added with the existing one.@WFRising @CivicOp_india @GBA_office @GBAChiefComm @ChristinMP_ @bengalurupost1

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

1 hours, 5km done, 10km more to go!
Hopeful to reach home before dinner!
Thank you @siddaramaiah sir, for caste survey! 🙏🏻
#bengalurutraffic

[Whitefield Rising @WFRising]

Hello @GBA_office - can you share an update on the pothole fixing work you have done at Vibgyor Road?

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

Vibgyor School Road, East Bengaluru.
Tarred on 26th September, and now, within just 15 days, the tar is peeling off!
Imagine the level of corruption!
Shame on the citizens of Bengaluru for tolerating such agencies, politicians, and officers!
@siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @GBA_office @MALimbavali
#BrandBengaluru

[Civic Opposition of India @CivicOp_india]

Video from the accident site in Gunjur where a life was lost today.
Just look at the condition of the road.
How many more deaths before someone takes accountability?
#Bengaluru #Accident #BadRoad #BrandBengalur

[Deadly Kalesh @Deadlykalesh]

📍Bengaluru, KA | Pothole-ridden roads in central Bengaluru cause a vehicle to flip over. This is where Karnataka’s highest road tax is going.

[Gems @gemsofbabus_]

Official Account btw 🤡🤦‍♂️

>Workers without any safety gear.
>Using bare hands & basic tools for patching.
>Uneven, temporary patchwork that won’t last
>Tax money wasted, public still suffers.

Municipality = Zero Safety + Zero Quality. 🤦‍♂️

[ShopDeck @ShopdeckD2C]

AI-native commerce isn’t the future: It’s the current operating system at @ShopdeckD2C
Honoured to have exchanged notes with @alexschultz , Chief Marketing Officer at @Meta , one of the most influential voices in global advertising. @rishabhv07

#AICommerce #D2C #Ecommerce

[Rishabh Verma @rishabhv07]

@IT_Kabootar @OpenAI Got it in the morning

[Tarun Firodiya @tarun_firodiya]

homes in bangalore come with 2 balconies, 1 parking & a free river when it rains😅

so we built a flood-risk map in our product

search for your home to see flooding intensity

link in next post

[anand mahindra @anandmahindra]

“Mahindra is the fastest-growing car brand in South Africa, increasing monthly sales by 40% YOY.
In March it set a new record of 2,253 sales,
Mahindra has jumped to the eighth-largest vehicle manufacturer in the country,”

We will compete.
Globally.

https://t.co/JzFyVZcyXy

[Rishabh Verma @rishabhv07]

@Ajain112 Sorry to hear this :-(

[Anand Malligavad @AMalligavad]

One of the city lake of Bengaluru rejuvenated 2 years back was filled with black thick sludge with sewage and chemicals last 30+ years lake bed was not seen,may be quantum of the water is less but quality of the water is this,slowly quantity will increase with similar quality 💧