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A 5-year-old Bengaluru girl wrote a heartfelt letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the latter was in the city to inaugurate the Yellow Line of the Bengaluru Metro.

In her letter, the girl brought the city’s traffic woes to the prime minister’s attention, seeking redressal. The letter has gone viral on social media.

The letter of the girl named Arya was shared by his father Abhiroop Chatterjee, who wrote, “PM is visiting Bangalore. My 5-year-old girl sees it as her chance to finally fix traffic.”

In her letter, Arya wrote, “Narendra Modi Ji, there is lots of traffic. We get late for school and the office. The road is very bad. Please help.”

While the letter was shared several times on social media, citizens also commented on the post about their experience with the Bengaluru traffic and how it is affecting even children.

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One user recalled that his daughter once wrote to the President of India about late-night noise pollution in Mumbai. He stated that it led to follow-ups by the police months later.

On Sunday, PM Modi launched two major infrastructure projects: the Yellow Line and the Bengaluru–Belagavi Vande Bharat Express. With the Yellow Line operationalised, the Bengaluru Metro now has the second-largest metro network in India after Delhi.

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The line is going to the busiest corridor in the whole network and will significantly reduce traffic congestion. It will be opened for public from Monday (August 11).

The yellow line will connect RV Road (Ragigudda) to Bommasandra and has a route length of over 19 km with 16 stations. The Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) stated that project is worth around Rs 7,160 crore.