Bengaluru, July 20 -- Bengaluru has emerged as India's city with the highest number of privately owned cars, with registrations crossing 25 lakh, underlining the city's growing dependence on personal vehicles and raising fresh concerns over worsening traffic congestion, pollution and parking shortages.

The latest figures place Bengaluru ahead of Delhi and Mumbai in terms of private car ownership. While the national capital has long been regarded as the city with the largest overall vehicle population, Bengaluru now leads the country in the number of personal cars on its roads. Experts attribute the trend to the city's expanding IT sector, rising disposable incomes and increasing preference for private transport over public transit.

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