Bellandur woman’s 3.5-hour airport ride goes viral

Bengaluru: A routine 1.5-hour trip to Kempegowda International Airport turned into a 3.5-hour ordeal for Bellandur resident Sakshi Singh, highlighting the city’s traffic woes.

Singh, who left Bellandur at 6 pm, reached the terminal only at 9.30 pm. She documented the commute in a video that has since gone viral on Instagram.

Sharing her ordeal on social media, Singh described the journey as a struggle for survival rather than a routine trip.

“I was just praying that I make it in time to drop my baggage. Traffic was at a complete standstill at certain places,” Singh said. Ironically, she credited a flight delay for her successful boarding, noting that IndiGo was a saviour by not departing on time.

The incident has triggered a wave of similar complaints from residents in Bellandur and Sarjapur, who frequently battle waterlogging and infrastructure bottlenecks.

With rain forecast in the coming weeks, Singh advised travellers to keep a minimum buffer of 1.5 hours over their usual travel time to navigate the
congestion.

The post has since garnered significant engagement, with netizens commenting that reaching the airport often takes longer than the actual flight to many Indian cities.