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In a bid to debar causing inconvenience to citizens by accessing zero-traffic arrangements, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar travelled by Namma Metro from Vidhana Soudha to Silk Institute connected Sunday (June 7, 2026).
Mr. Shivakumar is visiting Kanakapura, his location turf, archetypal clip aft becoming the Karnataka Chief Minister to conscionable and widen his gratitude to the radical of his constituency.
“The CM arrived astatine this determination aft recognising that utilizing zero-traffic each the mode from his Sadashivanagar residence to Kanakapura Road would disrupt postulation question for the public,” a connection from the Chief Minister’s Office said.
The Chief Minister interacted with metro commuters astatine the presumption and wrong the train, exchanging pleasantries. After getting down astatine the past presumption connected Kanakapura Main Road, Mr. Shivakumar proceeded to Kanakapura by road.
Last week, the facilitation of zero postulation for Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s convoy astatine Wind Tunnel Junction, wherever underpass enactment is ongoing, sparked nationalist outrage aft a frustrated antheral staged a protestation by sitting down astatine the junction. He claimed that his woman was large and helium was successful the mode to the hospital.
The incidental triggered wide outrage connected societal media, with galore pointing to Bengaluru’s crumbling infrastructure, which has already made commuting difficult. They argued that VIP question and the associated postulation restrictions were causing further inconvenience to the public. The caller Home Minister, Priyank Kharge, besides discussed the contented during his archetypal gathering with IPS officers connected Friday (June 5, 2026). He said they were trying to enactment retired alternate solutions, similar synchronised signals to debar blocking different traffic.
