Bengaluru is infamous for its traffic, where it takes excruciatingly long to cover short distances. Every other day, commuters take to social media to share their traffic struggles and vent their frustration about being stuck in a jam. Recently, one user shared a video on Instagram that showed several Ferraris stuck in the lengthy Bengaluru traffic. Yes, not even the high-end cars are immune from the city’s traffic jam.

In the video, a fleet of luxurious Ferrari supercars is caught in the midst of a lengthy traffic jam on Church Street Bel Road. While some cars are patiently waiting behind other vehicles, others are seen crawling through the city’s congested streets. 

The video was posted on Instagram by user @pavangamemaster. ”FERRARI’s traffic in Bangalore,” the text on the video reads.

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This ironic sight quickly gained traction on social media, sparking much chatter and amusement. Since being shared, the clip has garnered 4.9 million views, and close to 2.5 lakh likes. 

The video also captured the attention of the entrepreneur and former Shark Tank India judge. He wrote, ”More like Bengaluru takes down Ferrari! I feel the pain of having so many horses and being stuck in traffic.”

Reacting to the video, one user wrote, ”Imagine spending 6 Cr just to be stuck in traffic with the rest of before.” Another commented, ”Dream sight of every automobile enthusiast.” A third said, ”Bengaluru never stops in traffic. Amazing video. Shows the reality.”

A fourth added, ”Bengaluru never stops in traffic. Amazing video. Shows the reality.”

 According to the latest report by Greenpeace India, the average commute time for car users in Bengaluru is typically observed to be a minimum of one hour when covering a standard travel distance of 10 kilometers. Meanwhile, another report has revealed that Bengaluru suffered a loss of ₹ 19,725 crore per year due to its traffic delays, congestion, stoppage of signals, time loss, fuel loss, and related factors.

Last month, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said a 190-km tunnel has been proposed to ease traffic congestion in the city, and 8 companies qualified for it.  These companies will study and report on how the tunnel road should be, whether it should be four or six lanes, from where it should begin and end, and a decision also needs to be taken on whether it should be expanded across the city, he said.

Elected MLAs and the Congress high command will decide who will lead the party’s government in Rajasthan, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has said, fuelling speculation that he remains in the race for the Chief Minister’s post currently occupied by arch-rival Ashok Gehlot.

The remarks, made during an exclusive interview to NDTV on the campaign trail, are significant against the backdrop of the intense rivalry between the Gehlot and Pilot camps that had almost toppled the Congress government in 2020.

While the party has tried to put up a united front for the polls, veiled swipes bare the tussle from time to time. Earlier, in a dig at his rival, Mr Gehlot had said he wants to give up the Chief Minister’s post, “but this post is not letting me go”.

Asked if the Congress is united, Mr Pilot said, “The Congress is fully united. It is the BJP which has factions, tensions, fights. Tickets have been distributed in a wrong manner. I am not saying this, the world is. In the Congress, we sit together and talk.”

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and party leader Rahul Gandhi have asked him to “forgive, forget and move on”, Mr Pilot said. “That’s why I am looking at the future. I am looking at a five-year roadmap for Rajasthan. Together, we will make Congress win. Thereafter, MLAs and the leadership will decide who will do what,” he added, weeks ahead of the November 25 election.

To a question on how this election is different from the 2018 polls, Mr Pilot said the Congress was in the Opposition back then. “This time, people have seen our work for five years, the development we have brought in villages. This election will be historic, it will change tradition and the Congress will return to power,” he said.

Rajasthan’s politics was dominated by the Congress for about four decades after Independence. Following a BJP victory in 1990, the state has never voted the ruling party back to power. The Congress now is on the wrong-side of this so-called incumbent’s curse, but has expressed confidence that it will break the jinx.

Asked if a jinx will also be broken in his constituency Tonk, where no Congress MLA has won back-to-back, Mr Pilot said, “Likewise, no MLA won by a 50,000 vote margin in Tonk after Independence. Records are made, records are broken. I don’t want to go into numbers. But people have trusted me. And we have done a lot of development work, we helped people during Covid-19. So I can say we will win with a bigger margin in Tonk this time.”

Mr Pilot accused the BJP of politicising emotive issues. “Instead of public welfare issues like power, water and education, BJP talks about religion, about temples and mosques,” he said.

Tollywood actor Nandamuri Balakrishna, last seen in ‘Bhagavanth Kesari’, is now working on his next film, tentatively titled ‘NBK 109’. Directed by Bobby, the film is expected to be action-packed with mass appeal. The makers announced the project through a poster featuring a box of weapons and an axe, hinting at Balakrishna’s role. The movie is set to go on floors soon and is anticipated to have a mix of masala elements.