00:02This man, Lakshman, stepped in to help a bike taxi passenger who was stuck on a severely flooded stretch of Bangalore, Maratha Halli, Kaddu-Bissana Halli Road.
00:11As he approached the water log section where multiple vehicles were stuck in the muddy water, he noticed a bike taxi rider and his female passenger stranded at the side of the road.
00:20The woman was heard telling the rider to cancel the trip, saying she preferred to walk the remaining distance.
00:25But Lakshman intervened.
00:30But then how you'll go from here?
00:34Come, I'll help you to cross at least.
00:36After safely getting her across, he jokingly remarked.
00:38Give 5 star rating, ma'am.
00:40This video once again brought renewed attention to Bangalore deteriorating road conditions.
00:45Bro, front too much, go back better.
00:48Go back.
00:49The video garnered 2.2 million views.
00:54The video sparked many reactions online.
00:56While many were frustrated over poor roads despite paying heavy taxes, others praised the biker for helping out.
01:03A heavy downpour from September 21 to the early hours of September 22 paralyzed Bangalore route tech corridors.
01:13Key stretches in Koromangala, HSR layout and Maratha Halli were waterlogged, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded.
01:19The 9.9 km electronic city elevated expressway from central trip boat to electronic city was shut for hours, disrupting employees bound for Wipro, Infosys and Biocon.
01:30With no work-from-home advisory from most firms, professionals were forced onto clogged diversions and flooded underpasses.
01:35Slutwaters kept the Outer Ring Road, home to several tech majors, cut off till midday.
01:41On September 16, Black Bucks CEO Rajesh Yabaji had flagged the same stretch in Bellando for pothole-ridden roads, citing a one-and-a-half-hour commute.
01:50These recurring flashpoints lay bare a city unbuckling under its own weight.
01:54India's tech capital brought to its knees by potholes waterlogging and stalled infrastructure.
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