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Take Immediate Action Below!

Edit: Hi, we from I Change Indiranagar have started a signature campaign for a public consult on this matter, pls join the group at : https://chat.whatsapp.com/IYi2noOWGJRIW0GsQ9lVze?s=sh&p=i&ilr=1

Edit 2: Another group called "BNP @ Indiranagar" on WA, join it if you can! https://chat.whatsapp.com/KbfwGOiCBTaCTXFlQvRwIE

BNP is a Bangalore focused party that wants to bring city issues to the forefront: https://nammabnp.org/

Edit 3: To begin with, you can visit the Nandini Milk Booth on 2nd Main road Defence Colony and add your signature to the form to show the authorities that the public have many many concerns! Thank you

Hey r/indiranagar,

If you think traffic on 100 Feet Road or 80 Feet Road is bad now, brace yourselves. The government is quietly pushing through a massive ₹1,300 crore, 13-km elevated corridor that will run straight from the SV Road Metro Station, down 80 Feet Road, onto 100 Feet Road, past CMH, and all the way to Silk Board.

The project report was submitted in February 2026, tenders are currently underway, and heavy construction is slated to kick off in early 2027.

Here is the truth of what this means for us, and why we need to start making some serious noise before the drills start waking you up at 3 AM.

The 2-Year Nightmare (Starting Early 2027)

For at least 24 months, the heart of Indiranagar will become an active, barricaded construction zone.

Complete Chaos: Expect major lane closures, endless traffic diversions, and grinding grid lock on 80 Feet Road, CMH Road, and 100 Feet Road.

Environmental Destruction: 89 mature trees are on the chopping block—52 will be completely cut down, 37 relocated, and another 70 hacked for branch trimming.

Land Guzzling: They are actively acquiring private and public land strips. Listed targets include St. Michael's Home Convent, C.V. Raman General Hospital, and CMH/Cornerstone Park.

Utility Blackouts: Digging up the roads means moving water lines (BWSSB), 11kV power lines (BESCOM), gas pipelines, and internet cables. Get ready for rolling disruptions to your basic amenities.

The Smoking Gun: The Government's Own Experts Flagged This

This isn't just an inconvenience; it is poorly planned. The Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) reviewed this exact plan and fired off 12 formal concerns.

1. It is a literal safety hazard: Near Chinmaya Hospital, the space for cars to safely merge off the flyover is a measly 39 metres. Safe-design standards strictly demand 500 metres. They are building a bottleneck death-trap in our backyard.

2. It is off the books: This massive route was never part of Bengaluru’s official Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP 2020).

3. No plan for ground-level traffic: DULT outright criticized the report because it completely failed to design or plan how the street-level roads, shops, and pedestrians will survive under a permanent 12-metre-wide concrete roof.

16,000 Cars vs. 1.5 Lakh Residents

Here is the kicker: This flyover isn't even for us. It is designed entirely as a bypass for through-traffic so people can skip Indiranagar's junctions entirely.

The Detailed Project Report completely ignored alternative routes that do not cut through a dense, thriving residential and commercial neighbourhood. They are choosing to ruin the quality of life for 150,000+ local residents just so 16,000 passing cars can drive a bit faster.

Once that 12-metre-wide concrete monster is up, the character, light, and air of Indiranagar are changed forever.

What Can We Do?

We cannot just sit back and watch our neighborhood get gutted for a flawed project. "In-principle" approval was given, but the safety and design questions are still wide open.

Spread the word: Share this with your resident welfare associations (RWAs), local business owners, and neighbors. Most people have no idea this is starting next year.

Demand accountability: We need to collectively pressure our local representatives and demand a public consultation. Why wasn't an alternative route evaluated? Why are safe-design standards being ignored near a hospital?

File RTI queries / Write to DULT & BDA: Flood them with questions regarding the unresolved 12 points flagged by DULT.

If we do not fight this now, by 2027 we will be stuck in a 2-year dust cloud, only to end up living under a giant concrete slab.

What are our local RWAs doing about this?

Our RWA is actively getting signatures from residents across 1st Stage Indiranagar in a collective effort.

You might think this effort will go in vain, but remember: our RWA was able to get a stay order on the land grab by the mighty Embassy Group (old BDA complex) with similar efforts.

Does anyone have connections to active citizen groups we can mobilize? Let us figure out a plan in the comments.

Elevated Corridor Impact summary doc: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zdkzsgH3JvtBx-1h0VFsAeYRs4J0SmnF/view?usp=drivesdk

Indiranagar is about to be sliced in half by a ₹1,300cr flyover. 2 years of execution hell for a project their own experts called "unsafe." Last chance to wake up.