Bengaluru students stuck in Varthur traffic for over 2 hours, parents voice concern

Two kilometres. Two hours. And somewhere inside that endless crawl of traffic, school buses carrying children trying to make their way home. This was the reality described by parents in Bengaluru’s Varthur-Gunjur area, where the daily commute has become a source of growing frustration and helplessness for families.

First shared by a Bengaluru-based CEO, his post showed a glimpse of the chaos in a video shared on X.

He recorded the video as he drove along the opposite side of the road. The other side was packed with cars, motorcycles, school buses and more vehicles stretching into what appeared to be an endless queue. The traffic barely seemed to move.

“2+ hours. Every single day. That's how long kids from Whitefield spend on Varthur Road for a 5 km commute. My own daughter is stuck right now as I post this. Whitefield deserves better than this,” he wrote while tagging Bengaluru Police.

Watch the video here:2+ hours. Every single day. That's how long kids from Whitefield spend on Varthur Road for a 5km commute. My own daughter is stuck right now as I post this. Whitefield deserves better than this. @blrcitytraffic @DKShivakumar @krishnabgowda @PCMohanMP @MALimbavali #Varthur pic.twitter.com/GMXfG5mrsS— Ritish Reddy (@itsritish) September 17, 2026His post appeared to be driven by the fact that his own daughter was caught in the jam at the time. But this was not the only account from a parent struggling with the daily commute.

Another Bengaluru-based man described in a detailed post on X how he could only watch his daughter’s school bus take two hours to cover just two km on the Varthur-Gunjur road.

He said he spent those two hours feeling completely helpless, waiting for his daughter to make what should have been a short journey home.

The man said he and his wife had deliberately taken a large home loan to live close to their daughter’s school, hoping the shorter distance would mean a safer and easier childhood for her. Instead, he said, “two km from school” simply meant a journey that could swallow two hours.

His frustration was also tied to more than just traffic. He recalled several incidents in the area over the past year, including a school bus that toppled, a woman who suffered serious injuries after a fall and a biker who nearly lost his life after falling because of a pothole.

“Every day, ordinary people here tweet, email, complain, follow up and plead with authorities,” he wrote, stressing that the residents raising the issue were simply parents, employees, families and taxpayers.

“We are parents, employees, families and taxpayers asking for one basic thing: Please give our children a safe road to come home on.”

For the father, however, the traffic represented something more unsettling than lost time. After doing what he believed a responsible citizen should, paying taxes, choosing a home close to his daughter’s school and repeatedly raising the issue, he said he was still left feeling powerless when she was stuck on the road.

He ended by asking if anyone knew how ordinary residents of Varthur and Gunjur could reach someone with the authority to intervene.

Another X user, Vish Key, also pointed out the condition of Varthur Main Road, describing it as a major route used by thousands of residents and schoolchildren to reach Whitefield.

He added that the situation became even more difficult during the rains, when water-filled potholes and muddy stretches made the road harder and more dangerous to navigate.

He questioned why a road used so heavily every day had been allowed to remain in such a condition for so long, while residents continued to deal with traffic, dust, mud and potholes.

Concluding his post, he wrote, "This needs immediate attention before the situation gets even worse."

See the post here:This is Varthur Main Road, BangaloreA major route used by thousands of people and school kids every day, connecting several societies in the area to Whitefield.From many years, the road has been in terrible condition with huge potholes, loose gravel, dust, broken streetlights pic.twitter.com/ewOz4FqYEt— vish key (@himalayanguy_7) September 17, 2026

With schoolchildren now spending hours on what should be short journeys home, the daily traffic has become more than an inconvenience for families in the area.

Parents are increasingly concerned about how long their children remain stuck on the road, and whether the commute home can be made safer and more manageable.- EndsPublished By: Yashna TalwarPublished On: Sep 18, 2026 11:32 IST