Traders BM spoke to said although the stretch is open unofficially, reduced road width is posing a lot of traffic issues. Inadequate parking space and long walks that shoppers have to endure from the parking area to the market are proving to be dampeners.
Fact is the Bescom and BBMP are often oblivious to responsibilities: for example, the BBMP and the Directorate of Urban Land Transport (DULT) have taken up a project to make Gandhi Bazaar in Basavanagudi pedestrian-friendly at an estimated cost of Rs 26 crore.