India, Aug. 21 -- Bengaluru's notorious Hebbal traffic bottleneck is once again in the news as authorities begin construction work on a new loop at the Hebbal flyover.

The update was shared by ACP Traffic Northeast, Pradeep, who posted on X, "New Hebbal flyover loop work started... slow traffic on Hebbal flyover towards city."

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This development comes just days after Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced an ambitious plan to construct a 1.5-km tunnel road from Esteem Mall to Baptist Hospital in a bid to decongest the Hebbal junction, one of the city's most critical choke points.

Speaking to reporters after...