India, Oct. 15 -- A Bengaluru resident took to Reddit to put spotlight on the perilous conditions on Varthur Main Road following recent rainfall. According to the user, heavy drizzle turned the stretch near Varthur Police Station into a "treacherous river."

The user explained that even on a normal day, the 3-kilometre road takes about 40 minutes to navigate, but yesterday's rain combined with traffic chaos on the Outer Ring Road made the situation unbearable.

His spouse was stuck in crawling traffic for over two hours and nearly faced a serious accident after misjudging a puddle that concealed a deep pothole. She narrowly avoided losing her balance and being hit by a bus following closely behind.

Shaken by the incident, she had to take...