New generation sold Jayanagar to real estate: Bengaluru resident’s viral rant resonates with many across city

“Once a calm and peaceful residential area, Jayanagar has turned into a busy, noisy, and dusty commercial hub,” he wrote.

“Forefathers did everything to ensure quality of life, but subsequent generations went behind money and sold it to real estate who further made those not willing also to sell.”

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Once calm and peaceful residential area Jayanagar has turned into a busy, noisy and dusty commercial hub. Forefathers did everything to ensure quality of life but subsequent generations went behind money and sold it to real estate who further made those not willing also to sell.

— ರೋಹಿತ್ ಸಿಂಹ (@rohith_simha) May 4, 2025

The post quickly struck a chord, with many Bengaluru residents chiming in to say the same is happening all over the city. From Chandra Layout to Vijayanagara, the pattern is familiar – old family homes replaced with multi-storey paying-guest facitilies, narrow lanes choked with traffic, and no corresponding boost to infrastructure, they said.

One user wrote, “Story across Bengaluru… Bengaluru is already the PG capital of the world… Every second plot now has a multi-storied paying guest structure violating every norm while BBMP looks the other way.”

Another user wrote, “Its the entire Bangalore. I stay Bangalore West and 5 years back, to touch traffic I was supposed to travel 5km and now, the main road of our area is so flooded with vehicles. Each day, new building comes up. No infra, no planning, no basic needs are met. Bangalore is going down.”

Another person wrote, “Same thing about Chandra Layout, RPC Layout, Vijayanagara and surrounding areas. Every big house is turned into a PG. Everything such as the sewage system, water supply, roads is overloaded. People are getting old and not able to adjust with this type of commercial activities.”

Meanwhile, another person had a different point of view. “Peace cannot go hand in hand with development, money, employment etc. ppl have to sacrifice something for something else.”

Even business leaders have been voicing their frustration over Bengaluru’s crumbling infrastrucutre. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, founder of Biocon, recently posted a video from Ecuador showcasing smooth, well-maintained streets, and said, “Clean and well designed streets in San Cristobal island in Ecuador. Bengaluru hang your head in shame.”

Clean and well designed streets in San Cristobal island in Ecuador. Bengaluru hang your head in shame ⁦@BBMPSWMSplComm⁩ pic.twitter.com/Aqcl11Up8a

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) March 26, 2025