MG Road, Bangalore

Overview

MG Road is one of the most popular shopping and entertainment hubs of central Bangalore. There is a swarm of people almost all the time. It has on of the busiest roads in Bangalore M G Road or Mahatma Gandhi Road, is home  to overabundance of buildings and banks. Today the street is lined with several office building, retail outlets, theatres, restaurants, cafes and other food outlets. Now with its own metro station now since 2011, MG Road runs east from Trinity Circle at one end towards Anil Kumble Circle at the other end. Ulsoor, Defence Colony, Indiranagar, HAL 2nd Stage, Victoria Layout, Agram, MV Garden, Sarvagnanagar, Richmond Town, Langford Town, Jogupalya, Domlur are its neighbouring localities.

Connectivity

The Bangalore Metro line that runs through MG Road, connects the eastern part of Bengaluru with the west. MG Road runs east from Trinity Circle at one end towards Anil Kumble Circle at the other end. Two major Metro Station in this locality are Trinity and M G Road.

This locality bears excellent connectivity to several key nodes around the place via Kasturba Road, Raja Ram Mohan Roy Road, Residency Road and M G Road which further connects to the Lal Bagh Main Road in the South and Cubbon Road in the North.

It has close proximity to Kempegowda International Airport which is situated at driving distance of 35 kms.

Hebbal Railway Station, Kodigehalli Railway Station, Banaswadi Railway Station and Bangalore East Railway Station are close to this locality. However, Bangalore Cantonment is the nearest railway station.

Proposed & Planned Infra

To ensure more Bengalureans have a reasonably priced option to reach the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will shortly run 'Vayu Vajra' buses from three areas in the City. The proposed routes are: ITPL to KIA via Budigere Cross; Shivaji Nagar/M G Road to KIA via Hennur Road and Bannerghatta Road (Gottigere) to KIA.

Proposed Namma Metro Phase-2 with one of its route Nagawara-Gottigere will have 18 stations of which 6 are elevated and the rest underground. The underground section goes below the ground from Dairy Circle in the South to Nagawara in the North and comprises 12 stations - Dairy Circle, Mico Industries, Langford Town, Vellara, M G Road, Shivaji Nagar, Bamboo Bazaar, Pottery Town, Tannery Road, Venkateshpuram, Arabic College and Nagawara.

BMRCL has proposed a pedestrian foot overbridge (FOB) across MG Road.

Factors for future growth

Improved connectivity, development of Phase-1 Namma Metro Rail, retail outlets, theatres, restaurants, cafes and other food outlets and proximity to railway station are the major key factors that helped in development of this locality.

Proximity to Kempegowda International Airport,  headquarters of several office building and banks along with major IT Hubs like Fortune Summit IT Park, Rajajinagar IT Park, JP IT Park and Harita IT Park have been a plus point for M G Road driving rental demand and providing consistent rental yield.

Phase-2 alignment of Namma Metro Rail with two of its more route Baiyyappanahalli - Whitefield (15.50 km), Marathahalli - Hosakerehalli (21 km) and Gottigere – Nagavara (21.25 km) will pass through the locality can be a growth factors for residential demand and development in the locality.

Infrastructural Development (Social & Physical)

There are several schools in the vicinity that offer quality education. Some of them are Bishop Cotton Girls School, The Cathedral High School, St Joseph’s High School, The Frank Anthony Public School and Baldwin Boys’ High School.

Some of the renowned hospitals providing health care facilities to the residents of M G Road are Mallya Hospital, Fortis La Femme, Sita Bhateja Speciality Hospital and Hosmat Hospital among few.

Garuda Mall, UB City, Embassy Galaxy Mall, 5Th Avenue Mall and EVA Mall are the four major malls in the locality which serves the daily needs of the resident of M G Road.

Major issues

The place is very crowded during peak hours and you will find crowd even till midnight which leads the traffic jam situation.