BANGALORE: Domlur has the advantage of being located close to much of the city’s major business and tourist attractions. Located just a few kilometres away from central areas like Indiranagar, MG Road and Richmond Town, what was once a small sleepy township has developed into a major residential area. This however has led to a few menaces for the residents of Domlur. Garbage is a perpetual headache that never seems to get solved. Another source of frustration to the people living and working in the area is the step-motherly treatment meted out to parts of Domlur located across the Inner Ring Road that cuts through the ward. Located just a stone’s throw away from the major chunk of what makes up the Domlur ward area, residents of Amarjyothi Layout are doomed to stare longingly at the tarred roads and streetlights on the other side of the Ring Road. Although all other areas of the ward enjoy smooth paved roads, this section of the ward seems to have been forgotten by the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Paike authorities. “I’ve been staying here for four years now and I’m yet to see a decent motorable road,” rues Amanpreet Singh, a resident of Amarjyothi Layout. The lack of roads brings with it other problems as well, private cab owners catering to the nearby EGL Tech park use any available space to park their vehicles for the day causing constant trouble to the residents. The utter absence of any semblance of a road is astonishing considering that the layout is situated adjacent to one of Bangalore’s more famous IT Hubs. Another problem which needs an urgent solution is the absence of a foot bridge or even a pedestrian crossing for people wishing to cross the Inner Ring Road. The IRR is one of the city’s busiest roads as it feeds directly into the Domlur Flyover and comes from highly populated areas like Koramangala and BTM Layout. While there is a foot bridge present on the other side of the flyover near Indiranagar, the irony is that there is no need to use it as the Indiranagar junction also has a traffic signal and a pedestrian crossing. “Traffic on this road starts from 8 am, I sometimes wait for 15-20 min in order to find a way across. Evenings are even worse. The least they could do is put a speed breaker to slow down traffic,” said Manoj, an employee at EGL. The absence of a safe crossing option is compounded by the fact that there is no ‘U’ turn available for a distance of two kilometres. This brings with it a whole new set of problems ranging from auto rickshaw drivers demanding excess fares to people breaking the divider and pushing through in order to save themselves the headache of motoring such a long distance in peak hour traffic only in order to turn back and repeat the ordeal. The BBMP needs to pay urgent attention to these problems, it is unacceptable that an area located adjacent to so many international business centers provides such poor safety to visitors and residents. The presence of a traffic signal accompanied by a policeman would go a long way in solving the woes of employees at EGL who for now have hired private security guards to do the police’s job. The corporator of the ward was unavailable for comment.
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