Bengaluru, 24 June

Traffic snarls have been one of the worst banes of City, with a Reddit user claiming that he took 3-hours to travel a mere 12km.

In a Reddit post, the user said, "Left the office at 6pm. Got home at 9.15. My house is 12km away. There was no rain. No protest. No accident. Just Bengaluru being Bengaluru."

"The bus that usually covers my route didn't show up today. Nothing on Tummoc or Namma BMTC, just silence. Waited a while, then gave up and took a different bus hoping to switch mid-way. That one dropped me somewhere in between, and then began the great auto hunt (sic)," the user said.

Since the 16 June bike taxi ban across State, commuters are claiming that the traffic situation has worsened.

"Not a single driver accepted unless I tipped Rs50+. ‘Optional tip’ is the biggest joke in this city. Meter? LOL. Eventually paid more for an auto than I'd pay for an intercity bus," the user said.

The ban was postponed a few times before the HC sanction.