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Team-BHP Support ![]() | ![]() The ORR was fine. The mess was on top! |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() This is what our office's CSO said. It took me 1 hr 30 mins from HAL junction to office at ORR. | |
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Basically narrow minded people who are looking at selfish gains instead of looking at the bigger picture. These same locals come down the wrong side every other day even though there are gaps in all the medians. They should be lathicharged and the signal free junction should be implemented. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Around 1:30pm the protest was still continuing. Though BTIS - Bangalore Transport Information System isn't showing the congestion. So not really sure it is a bug in btis.in or it has just cleared up. |
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I stay along the service road which joins the ORR to Marathalli junction. Earlier, if i had to get on the ORR to go towards Sarjapur road, all i had to do was go to Marathalli junction, take the right at the junction, and then using the service road get down onto the ORR, and carry on. Then, they went ahead and closed the entry from this road to the junction. Still fine with me, i used to go and take the Uturn in front of Brand Factory. One fine day, they stopped that U turn as well. As a law-abiding citizen, i questioned the cops behind the rationale. All i got as an explanation were some abuses and shooing away. I then went all the way till Marathalli market (the one with a temple on the road) to take the U turn. As those who commute along this road would know, its really asking too much even from a car with a reasonable turning radius to turn in a single effort here. Still, i managed, and so did many others who were inconvenienced by this mess. Then, they stopped us from using this as well! Now, where the heck do i need to go to, just to take the damned u turn?! the easiest option for me as well as many others would be to drive out of the building, take the wrong side of the road, get onto the service road in towards JP Morgan and Nokia, and carry on. Which one would people prefer? And whereever is the narrow minded thought? Also, with them closing the U turns along the ORR in front of Kalamandir, as well as Malgudi restaurant, people need to go all the way till ISRO just to take a U turn. Noone complained much about that since it did help to ease traffic a bit although the distance increased. However, making Marathalli junction signal-free wont help much since there is anyway a never ending mess in either direction from the junction - both towards HAL as well as the bus stops in front of Chemmanur jewellers going towards Kundanahalli. This is just scenario 1. Imagine and extrapolate the same situaiton if at all i had to go anywhere from my house. Seriously, i dont blame the locals for the thoughtlessness shown by the cops in implementing this. IMO, leave the junction as it is.. its fine. | |
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| ![]() The service road, before the entry to the junction is a two way. You dont need to go the wrong way. Coming back to the "I undestand because I am suffering part." I stay on the ORR towards KR Puram. I need to drive 2kms - 1 km up the service road(in opposite direction) and 1 km back everyday to get on the ORR towards Marathahalli. Then take the Uturn near Innovative and join the Marathahalli road towards HAL. I do this everytime I have to get out of my house. What I can do instead is take the broken down median that was broken by people who think their time is important then the city planners and get on the ORR inconviencing a lot of people coming down the straight route. I dont do that. I can ask for a gap in median aligned to my gate so that I dont have to go any further and start a dharna and block arterial roads for that and be justified for wasting the time of thousands of folks. This I think is one of the steps to make the whole HAL - Marathahalli -Whitefield road a signal free road. If we are going to start opposing right from the start we will never see any good happening. I take this inconvience in my stride everyday. I now take the bus by crossing across the street. And when required take up the inconvience of a mere 2 kms. If some folks think that is too much to ask for then they have all the right to protest. I dont. |
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I dont refer to the service road which is the one in front of the Multiplex. I refer to the road which joins ORR to the junction, basically the ramp. I gave a briefing to the traffic cops about the issue which was being faced by a lot of residents along this stretch. One senior (in terms of post) cop said, "You drive down the wrong way, no problem". Another one fined a resident saying he was going the wrong direction. So, they have no consensus among themselves as well. The suggestion i gave the cops was, remove the drainage canal which currently serves as a divider between this side road and the main ORR, and allow vehicles to ply across. The cop said, "Thats not our business". So much for citizens who try to help solve road issues. Quote:
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| ![]() Oh ok. I only see shops on the ramp sides. Seems like a very badly designed area. Trouble is a the convience of a few hundred, inconviences thousands on a daily basis. And thats what I am trying to convey. Quote:
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Marthalli has developed (??!) into a perfect example of badly designed growth. A major shoppers paradise, with absolutely no parking facilities, lack of proper footpaths (which are anyway used to park bikes), narrow roads, and harried cops to man traffic. | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Since we are on the topic of ORR and Marathalli... Just noticed this morning that the service roads have been blocked at quite a few places along the ORR when coming from Agrara towards Marathalli. I was taking the service lane to save time and avoid signals, now need to be ORR and get stuck with traffic. PS: Do you guys feel that the once the flyover/Metro's have been built will the traffic situation be any better? I somehow have a gut feeling that by the time the construction work is complete the traffic situation would have gotten a lot worse. PS: PS: I feel there should be walkways created over ORR at key areas , specifically where there are bus stops eg: EcoSpace, Marathalli. People tend to run while crossing the ORR and this can prove deadly at time. Just this morning I nearly hit a dude who came running across. I could not even see him as I was overtaking a bus. Last edited by praful : 13th April 2010 at 11:57. |
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![]() ![]() When will people learn... You answered your own question as to why they have blocked the service roads. Just to make it clearer because you and many more like you do this -> I was taking the service lane to save time and "avoid signals", now need to be ORR and get stuck with traffic. Last edited by Spitfire : 13th April 2010 at 11:59. | |
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EDIT: The service lane was not blocked because "many more like me" as you put it were using it. Its actually closed down for construction work. Last edited by praful : 13th April 2010 at 12:01. | |
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