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Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent entreaty encouraging citizens to follow carpooling to mitigate postulation and fuel-related concerns, the Bengaluru Traffic Police connected Wednesday (May 14, 2026) renewed calls for IT companies to beforehand carpooling and nationalist transport usage to trim congestion connected the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
The entreaty was made during a high-level gathering nether the chairmanship of City Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh.
The gathering was attended by elder officials from assorted authorities departments on with astir 180 representatives from IT companies functioning on the ORR corridor.
Addressing the gathering, Karthik Reddy, Joint Commissioner of Police (Traffic), said that 1 of the large reasons for postulation congestion connected the ORR is the azygous bureau timings followed by astir IT companies. He urged companies to cooperate with the postulation constabulary by encouraging employees to follow carpooling practices and marque greater usage of nationalist proscription facilities.
Officials from the Greater Bengaluru Authority, BMTC and the Transport Department besides received grievances and suggestions from employees of assorted IT companies and assured them that suitable measures would beryllium initiated to code their concerns and amended postulation flow.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that postulation constabulary officials successful the past had urged IT companies to stagger bureau timings to guarantee smoother vehicular question crossed the ORR corridor. Authorities had besides earlier advised companies and employees to progressively trust connected nationalist transport and carpooling initiatives. However, the proposals reportedly saw constricted implementation owed to feasibility and operational challenges faced by companies and employees alike.
