Bangalore, Ooops Bengaluru has changed, not only its name but what it was twelve years ago and what it is now. I used to enjoy going around in bangalore, not much of vehicles, fresh air, trees, gardens, playgrounds, etc. In the name of Development bengaluru has been robbed, it has lost what ever it was termed as. Earlier it was termed as Garden city, Pensioners Paradise, etc but it has been replaced by Garbage City, Concrete City, Suicide city, and what not.
Here is a comparison of some of the places then and now and some places which are on the verge of being rolled down:
1.
In eight years 4th Main road, Jayanagar has changed. I used to call this stretch of road as “Hasiru Mantapa” (Green Cover) but now i have renamed it to “Metro Mantapa”.
View from Google Earth, you can see the scar on the green cover. (I think Google earth is not updated, as the view from ground gives a completely different picture).
2.
This picture is of Palace Gutthalli, it has remained so, but in a few months Bengalureans will not find this spot. Road widening is here, all the trees on this stretch of 1.2kms (from Mekhri circle to Palace Gutthalli will be axed). And No of trees to face the axe is 700+ (many are aged 25+ years). I have very wonderful memories of this place, we lived very close to this place and most of our morning walks and fun and masti used to happen in and around this place.
3.
Sampige Road, Malleswaram: Malleswaram is one of the oldest residential and commercial localities in Bengaluru. This road was named after looking at the trees which were on either side of the street, Sampige or Champak trees.
I didn’t see even a single surviving Sampige tree on this entire stretch now. This really shows that we have moved away from our roots and thought of our ancestors.
What we are going to give our future generation is just this
Time to think again, road widening doesn’t solve the problem, it just adds up. A dude thinks “We have a traffic free road, if I have a car or a bike then I can reach office faster”. 1000 others think in same lines in a month you have additional 1000 cars/bikes.
Road widening, flyovers, underpasses, etc have added more vehicles and in turn traffic congestion’s. This is a vicious cycle and it will continue till alternate ways are found or oil prices become unaffordable.
RaoWords 
very well said.
i have lived in Malleshwaram
PG Halli. i cant believe once upon a time it was as beautiful as in the pic you’ve put up
and sampige road – very true – haven’t seen those trees
when i had first come to Blore in 2001 & had been around Jayanagar i was mesmerized by the green space.i feel sad to see its present condition
Hi Sujatha,
Thanks for the comments, I hope people are aware of nature and it will worsen if corrective actions aren’t taken now.
Regards
Guru
Brilliant post. Not merely written on emotion, but backed by data in the form of pix. I wish we could all see where we are headed in the name of development. And we could be talking about any city here, at least in India.
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Oh gosh! When i was a kid i used go b’lore to my anut home on holidays then there were many trees it was greenish after that our uncle n aunt shiffted to tn.itself after few years later i went there but everything has been ruined:-)