“I 2.5 months a year: Reddit Rant Rant in Bangaluru Technical.

The Reddit Publicity of a Technology Specialist in Bangaluru has bruised controversy over one of the oldest city pain – traffic. But this time, it is not only about anger or lost time. Post -congestion framing as a “hidden tax” on productivity, which sparked widespread resonance through social media and the technological workforce in India. In a city that occupies the country’s digital economy, the cost of mobility may be higher than ever.

The original publication, shared by a technician who lives in JP Nagar and works along the outer outer road, puts the live reality behind the neveled Gridlock in Bangaluru. Although his office is only 14 km away, it does not move it to 90 minutes in each direction-three times more than what should be a half-hour trip.

Although $ 28 earned a annual (except RSU), it calculates that between 6.5 euros for income tax and $ 1.4 to the commodity and services tax, it gives more than three months of his time to the government. Add that 2.5 months spend it in the traffic, and is estimated at nearly six months of his year to what he calls “visual and invisible taxes.”

The frustration extends beyond personal inconvenience. “Taxes are supposed to finance better ways and more intelligent cities,” he wrote. “But the result is the poor management of planning and the methods that punish us daily.”

The post hit a tendon online. “If you put an engineer in Bangalore in a foreign city with clean air and without traffic, they will be 20 % more efficient – with no other changes.”

Another user pointed to the overcrowding: “Everyone rushes to Bangalore like bees and expect Dubai -like infrastructure. Why do you not pay investment in the second level cities instead?”

Others highlighted civil behavior as part of the problem. “It creates illegal parking lots on service routes half of these bottlenecks.”

While Bangaluru continues to wear the Silicon Valley badge in India, its infrastructure is struggling to keep up with.