🤡List of Roads w/ Congestion Tax

https://m.timesofindia.com/auto/news/carpooling-is-now-illegal-fines-of-up-to-rs-10000-issued-details-car-pool-bengaluru-bangalore-news/articleshow/104041793.cms Tldr: Bengaluru transport commission has banned share rides using Quick ride, bla bla car, etc.

This city’s traffic will always be in shambles! Nothing can improve it.

I was reading some news and found out that the government has proposed a 190km underground tunnel to ease traffic. Do you think these projects can actually come into life in india? Or is it going to be another vote bank stunt

I was doing a tax plan for the next FY. A significant chunk is going off my hard earned money 😔 for which I get 🔔 from govt. I hardly use any public facilities , or can simply say they do not exist and are not up to mark Any Tom and harry comes and starts freebies for his noble cause of votes which tax payers like me are not eligible to be benefitted even if I want to take any . Why the heck I have been taxed so much . Even if you get variable pay this month which was already taxed with TDS and If I invest in MF lumpsum and get some gains . The whole amount will again be taxed that too according to my tax bracket . Although I am not considering indirect taxation which is another curse we all are facing . Is everyone pissed with this tax story or simply ignore and move on to pay more tax and grind more .

Cars are a terrible way of transporting people, they take up a lot of space and slow down traffic movement. SF has the best and widest freeways but has the worst traffic. Being a middle income nation about to invest in infra, we have to make a choice if we want to go the American way? Or can we come up with an Indian solution. After a decade of flyover construction, it might be too late. We will end up with even larger city with 4X the road length and much worse traffic. I believe in the European approach of paid entry for cars in Central Business District to discourage car ridership and funding Public Transport.

Whenever I read foreign media outlets, India is the new Asian Tiger that will outpace most emerging economies in growth. But Indian media and Indian people act like India is the worst place to be. The dichotomy is extremely confusing. Why is it that foreign media coverage on our economy is more favourable than our own hopes and aspirations from this country? PS: I am really big on Indian Exceptionalism, the belief that India's economic development and trajectory are unique or exceptional compared to other nations, driven by our large and diverse population, thriving middle class, our entrepreneurial spirit, and the emphasis on technology and innovation. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-07/can-india-overtake-china-as-world-s-growth-engine-it-could-happen-by-2028

Tired of every fucking thing in this city. Born and brought up in this city. Life was good. However its not the same now. Fucking overpopulation, overcrowding, over expensive rent, food, where are we heading. Public transport is good, lol, try traveling for your 9-5 job. Roads are broken. Traffic is terrible. Monsoon about to worsen things more. A pm wants to conduct a rally in this city, and my 1.5 hours of travel turns out to be of 4.5 fucking hours. Have just watched 2people fall off the local train. Someone has to step in and please do something. Please stop the population from increasing. Please do something.

- rainfall has reduced - > 70% lakes have dried up/covered up by builders - its not even feb and there is shortage of water everywhere. There are people literally carrying jugs of water on their head like villages if you head out after evenings. - brigade/sobha/prestige societies with flats > 1.5 cr have put out notices with water supply being cut for more than 6 hours everyday, wtf is Bangalore real estate really - water supply here was really bad initially ( hard water, polluted water) but the water shortage in feb only is really worrisome. I want to understand homeowners/aspiring homeowners - how are you planning for this? Are You even worried about this? Or even people thinking of settling long term in Bangalore, thoughts about this? https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-&-current-affairs/story/water-crisis-in-india-279427-2015-12-29 Article of 2015 predicting what we are experiencing right now.