India, March 2 -- By Anirudh Badarinath

For decades, Mysuru was admired as a city where growth felt measured and well thought out. But now, we are now at a point where Mysuru's reality seems to be irreversibly changing and it is certainly a good idea for the city to be sufficiently prepared.

For starters, it is about time that local governments and citizens come to terms with the rise in vehicular population. As per official statistics available from the MoRTH, in 2025 and 2024, there were, on average, 83,700 vehicle registrations per year across both the RTOs in city.

To put that in perspective, that is about 230 new vehicles added every day !

When tens of thousands of new vehicles hit the road each year, not only does congestion sur...