Bengaluru Deepavali traffic: Goraguntepalya may see up to 3,000 buses

Goraguntepalya junction could see 2,500 to 3,000 buses on Friday, compared with its usual daily movement of 600 to 800, as Bengaluru residents leave for Deepavali.

Traffic police estimate that more than 5,000 long-distance buses will depart Bengaluru on Friday evening and night. They expect the festive outflow to be heavier than during the Dasara holidays.

Tumakuru Road, Mysuru Road and Hosur Road are among the exit corridors likely to see the sharpest congestion, with spillover also possible on the Kempegowda International Airport route.

Police will run a two-day traffic-management exercise, deploying additional personnel at major junctions and bottlenecks. Staffing at key choke points is expected to increase threefold. From Friday morning, teams will clear illegal parking around Yeshwantpur, Kengeri and Hosur Main Road, and enforce lane discipline.

The pressure is expected to build in the evening as KSRTC and private buses depart for north and central Karnataka, Mysuru and the coast. KSRTC has separately planned 2,600 extra buses from Bengaluru for Deepavali travel.

During the Dasara exodus, some buses took five to six hours to leave the city. Police have asked commuters to plan ahead and avoid Goraguntepalya during peak night hours.