Crawl, Stop, Repeat: The Rough Road to School in Bengaluru

Vehicles, including school buses, were stuck in traffic on SH-35 at Varthur in East Bengaluru. | Photo credit: ALLEN EGENUSE J.

It was not the first time that Kashvee, a Class 8 student of the school on State Highway 35 near Dommasandra Circle, had comforted the nine-year-old boy sitting next to her in the school bus.

“He didn’t tell us he wanted to use the toilet, but he kept crying. He thought he would reach home in time, but we got stuck in the same place on the road for 20 minutes,” explained Kashvee.

Published – 09 Oct 2026 06:00 IST