A discussion about the software industry and their coders

This post continues from my previous post: How fair is the Bangalore & Silicon Valley comparison? 

Besides pot holes, Bangalore has a problem of small roads and haphazard growth. Housing projects are mushrooming all over. Without a seeming broader view of the impact of the housing projects. For example there is a 5-10 km long road in South Bangalore called the Bannerghatta (BG) Road. Alongside BG road are major housing projects and commerical establishments that ensure that traffic snails every day on these roads. Result? Loss of time and productivity for the thousands who commute to work. Problem: The administration didn't realize that having housing projects and offices along a single road will lead to this problem!

Whats the proof that Bangalore administration missed the point? A second road that is heading to the same disaster as BG road is Hennur Road. Big Housing Projects are mushrooming along Hennur Road. The road is not getting modernized or enlarged. Result: Commuters will suffer yet again.

Did Citizens Complain at BG Road? Hell Yes! India's National Newspapers have carried innumerable stories on the problems of BG road in Bangalore:

The Bannerghatta Main Road, which is nothing short of a glaring blot on the face of India's Silicon capital. Forget tech-gizmos: it is endless bumpy rides on an almost non-existent road, ended up pulling IIMB students on to the streets. After all, it was Wipro chief Azim Premji's harangue last year which got some action on the Sarjapur road!

All the administration has finally managed is to improve the road condition. But it has not learnt the lesson from the BG mistake -- dont let development happen alongside a long road without providing solid alternate travel routes from houses and offices to connecting main roads. Hennur Road is another traffic and infrastructure time-bomb ticking to explode soon.

...Continued What is nice about Bangalore?