India, Oct. 14 -- Radhika Gupta, CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund, has put the spotlight on the terrible state of traffic in the financial capital of India, noting that it takes 45 minutes to cover a distance of just 2 km from Parel to Lower Parel.

Gupta was responding to a post about commuters not following rules at One BKC junction signal, leading to chaos and further delays. The post, by X user Nilesh Shah, said: "Record at One BKC junction signal. Eight minutes for Red Signal to turn Green.

"Traffic warden happily allows traffic to criss cross and block the junction. (Any way no one listened to him )

"There should be a penalty for blocking the junction like in the Middle East. Don't move ahead blocking the junction if you don't have a ...