In a city with over 1.2 crore vehicles, breakdowns adding to traffic woes are only expected. However, the top spot in the list of vehicles which have broken down this year goes to Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) buses with 1,478 instances, data from Bengaluru Traffic Police (BTP) revealed.
Every month, the number of BMTC buses which breakdown is anywhere between 120 and 170, the traffic police said. The officials reported that at least four to five buses break down every day on the roads causing traffic snarls.
“As a regular commuter of BMTC buses, at least once every week I see buses breaking down. They make us board a different bus which travels in the route. Sometimes we have to wait for 5 to 10 minutes for another bus to come. This disrupts our timelines especially since I take the bus to travel to my workplace,” said Suparna Shankar, who regularly travels from Yelahanka New Town to Cauvery Bhavan.
