People stand on the road waiting for the BMTC bus at the Maruthinagar bus stop on Malleshpalya Main Road, even as a car that has gathered dust is almost permanently parked behind them, blocking half of the access to the bus shelter.
On Jeevan Bima Nagar Road, one stop away from the bus stand, a board on a tree announces that it is a bus stop, though there is no semblance of it being one.
Though the government is coming up with ways to bolster bus ridership by way of introducing the Shakti Scheme and feeder services to metro stations, in several areas across Bengaluru, there are either no bus shelters or the existing ones have been encroached upon by vehicles or vendors. Due to this, people are forced to stand and wait till their bus arrives.
