Bengaluru traffic now starts at home, residents stuck for 30 minutes to get out

An Instagram video showed cars queued inside a Bengaluru housing society before they could reach the main road. The clip drew disbelief from social media users online.A video showing 30-minute long traffic inside a Bengaluru society has gne viral. (Photos: her_wandering_footprints/Instagram)New Delhi,Sep 27, 2026 17:31 ISTIn Bengaluru, traffic jams can apparently begin at your doorstep. A viral video shows cars lined up inside a residential society, with residents reportedly taking around 30 minutes just to reach the exit.The video was shared by an Instagram user who filmed the scene from her room on a Saturday afternoon. She first pointed her camera towards the road outside her home, where vehicles were already moving through heavy traffic.But the real surprise came when she zoomed in.A queue of cars could be seen stretching inside a neighbouring residential complex, with vehicles inching towards the society’s exit. The woman said residents were facing congestion even before they reached the main road, with some reportedly taking around 30 minutes simply to get out of the complex. In other words, the daily Bengaluru commute appeared to have started before residents had even left their own neighbourhood.The clip showed cars packed along the internal road as they slowly made their way towards the exit. What would normally be the final, easy stretch before joining the city’s main roads had instead turned into another traffic bottleneck. Watch the video here:The unusual sight quickly caught the attention of social media users, many of whom joked that Bengaluru’s traffic problem had officially entered residential territory.Some users identified the housing complex as Brigade Cornerstone Utopia, although this could not be independently verified from the video.One user pointed to the development’s amenities and layout, writing, “Perks of living in a project with mall inside. They should have given separate entry / exit. Still the value of the project skyrocketed. Happy investors/owners and struggling residents.”Another user took a more sarcastic view of the situation, commenting, “The location is made for people to never come out ever.”The video also revived the familiar conversation around Bengaluru’s congestion, with users joking about the lengths residents have to go to simply get from one place to another.For many city residents, traffic jams are an everyday reality, particularly during peak hours. But seeing a queue build up inside a residential complex offered a particularly Bengaluru twist to the problem.- Ends