Commuters in the city likely experienced a sense of relief upon seeing banners and caricatures highlighting the halted infrastructure projects on Wednesday, April 1, Fool’s Day,
The banners on the unfinished flyover linking Kenchanahalli Road to Mysore Road (R.R. Nagar), which has remained stalled for over three years since work began in 2022, posed questions such as, “Is this development?”, “₹72 crore for this?”, and “Is this the future of youth?”
Commuters stopped their vehicles to take pictures of the caricatures, which soon became a talking point on social media and revived debate over Bengaluru’s stalled projects. “These projects are widely discussed, and concerns are raised frequently. We don’t know how many times the Kenchanahalli–Mysore link road has been brought up, yet there has been no progress at all, indicating that the problem goes beyond on-ground challenges,” said Ananya R., a daily commuter on R.R. Nagar Main Road.
Bengaluru Rising campaign
The campaign ‘Bengaluru Rising’, spearheaded by Greenpeace India in collaboration with various civil society organisations, targeted 10 stalled projects throughout the city on April 1, known as April Fool’s Day, to symbolically highlight how the authorities were “fooling citizens.”
