Sanjaynagar Main Road work near completion, footpath woes persist for Bengaluru residents

A footpath at Sanjaynagar. White-topping work is in progress at Sanjaynagar in Bengaluru on October 4, 2026. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN

With a new deadline, the whitetopping work on a 2.56-km stretch of Sanjaynagar Main Road, between Nagashettihalli and Ballari Road, has begun to pick up pace. The work is scheduled to be completed by November-end, according to sources in the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA).

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Meanwhile, pedestrians are struggling as work on the footpath drags on. Started in September 2025, the whitetopping work disrupts traffic on the entire Sanjaynagar Main Road and has paralysed vehicle movement on connecting roads as well. While the traffic situation during the day has improved, haphazard parking along the stretch continues to have an impact on peak-hour traffic.

Pedestrians struggle

On the other hand, at the start of Sanjaynagar Road, after taking a left turn at Ballari Road, the footpaths have been dug up, causing inconvenience to pedestrians.

Shruthi Gowda, a local resident, said that many officegoers who board buses at the Mehkri Circle bus stop walk along the stretch every day, and it is a massive inconvenience that the stretch has been dug up and left as it is for so long.