Bengaluru’s infamous gridlock has once again become the talk of the town after a viral Reddit post likened the daily commute to a “hidden tax” on the residents, especially the tech workforce.

In the post, a software professional from JP Nagar broke down the real price of living and working in India’s Silicon Valley. Drawing an annual salary of Rs 28 lakh (excluding RSUs), he said he already parts with Rs 6.5 lakh as income tax and another Rs 1.4 lakh as GST on routine spending, the equivalent of over three months of work. But the more punishing cost, he argued, is time.

Although his office on Outer Ring Road sits just 14 kilometers away, the commute stretches to 90 minutes each way instead of the expected half-hour. By his own calculation, that adds up to nearly 2.5 months a year waste

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