Bengaluru, Sept. 12 -- As Bengaluru battles mounting traffic congestion and worsening air quality, newly released data from the Transport Department paints a troubling picture: the city added 58,913 private vehicles to its roads in August 2025 alone, a nearly 20 per cent jump from April.

This includes 45,595 new two-wheelers and 13,318 cars, up from 36,888 two-wheelers and 12,278 cars in April, the start of the financial year. The spike is part of a larger upward trend in private vehicle ownership, with each month since April showing consistent increases.

With more than 1.06 crore private two-wheelers and cars already registered in the city, civic experts say Bengaluru is spiralling toward an unsustainable future.

"Bengaluru has probab...