Bengaluru’s Gunjur Club House Road crumbles into dust, craters & chaos

Bengaluru: For hundreds of residents in the city’s eastern suburbs, the 400-metre Gunjur Club House Road has become a symbol of civic neglect. What should have been a key link connecting Gunjur with Varthur, Sarjapur, and the Outer Ring Road has, for nearly two years, remained a battered stretch of dust, craters, and unfinished infrastructure work. The road’s condition has not only disrupted daily commutes but also hurt livelihoods. A woman entrepreneur told TOI she was forced to shut her restaurant after customers stopped visiting because of dust. Having taken a loan to start the business, she now cooks inside the closed outlet but sells food from a cart on a nearby road to repay her EMIs. “For the past 1.5 years, this road has been in the worst condition. The dust is so bad people avoid even walking on this stretch. Every time a vehicle passes, everything gets covered in dust within seconds. I now cook inside the shop and sell from a cart on a nearby road. I try to maintain hygiene, but the dust is impossible to escape,” she said. The road serves several apartment complexes, schools and commercial establishments, making it one of the area’s busiest
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