Traffic In Bengaluru's Busy Tech Corridor Comes To A Halt After Tree Falls, Pics Go Viral

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The police soon released a statement asking motorists to avoid the route, however, due to the morning rush hours, traffic was snarled from all sides causing massive delays and inconvenience to commuters

The traffic came to a grinding halt and commuters were left stranded for hours on Bengaluru’s busy tech corridor this Tuesday morning after a truck hit a tree, causing it to crash onto the Outer Ring Road (ORR).

Traffic Advisory 'Slow moving traffic due to a HTV breakdown in service road from 27th main towards Ibbalur. It will be moved shortly.
Kindly co-operate. pic.twitter.com/KxvUrXnYJC
— ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಸಂಚಾರ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ BengaluruTrafficPolice (@blrcitytraffic) May 16, 2023

“A truck hit a tree near the military gate of the service road near Ibbalur on the ORR and the tree fell causing traffic congestion. Motorists coming from Silk Board towards Ibbalur Junction are hereby requested to move on an alternate road route (sic)” tweeted deputy commissioner of police (traffic south division) Sujeetha Salman.

ನಮಸ್ತೆ ಸರ್ ಹೊರ ವರ್ತುಲ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಇಬ್ಬಲೂರು ಬಳಿ ಇರುವ ಸರ್ವಿಸ್ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಮಿಲಿಟರಿ ಗೇಟ್ ಬಳಿ ಟ್ರಕ್ ಮರಕ್ಕೆ ಡಿಕ್ಕಿ ಹೊಡೆದಿದ್ದ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಮರ ಕೆಳಗೆ ಬಿದ್ದಿದ್ದು ಸಂಚಾರದಟ್ಟಣೆ ಉಂಟಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಸಿಬ್ಬಂದಿಗಳು ಬಿದ್ದಿರುವ ಮರವನ್ನು ಹಾಗೂ ವಾಹನವನ್ನು ತೆರವು ಗೊಳಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ ಸಿಲ್ಕ್ ಬೋರ್ಡ್ ನಿಂದ ಇಬ್ಬುಲೂರು pic.twitter.com/2pcLq9AhoN— BELLANDURU TRAFFIC BTP (@bellandurutrfps) May 16, 2023

Meanwhile, in a separate incident, a coach of the double-decker train from Chennai to Bengaluru derailed at Bisanattam on the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border, near Bangarpet in Kolar district on Monday, Railway authorities said.

Moved 10 inches in 10 minutes @masaleemips @BLRCITYTRAFFIC1 @DCPTrEastBCP #bengalurutraffic no policemen in sight whole #outer Ring Road jammed @0RRCA this has become a daily nightmare now @siddaramaiah @DCPSouthTrBCP pic.twitter.com/HMG16xMMUv— Vadiraj (@vadiraj_bk) May 16, 2023

However, none of the passengers were injured. Train services were also not affected.

“At about 11:30 AM today, one pair of wheels of a coach (second from the rear) of Train No 22625 Dr MGR Chennai Central – KSR Bengaluru Double Decker Express derailed at Bisanattam station, (about 20 km from Bangarapet). The train was coming from Chennai to Bengaluru,” South Western Railway (SWR) said in a statement.