India’s first AC railway station SMVT: what went wrong?

Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminal (SMVT) is India's first centrally air conditioned railway station, designed to look like an airport.
South Western Railways (SWR) spent 6 years and over 300 crores to build SMVT, so its disappointing to see how many issues there are with its design. At a first glance, the building looks like an airport, but as you get closer and start using the space you realize that it does a poor job of all the basics.
It’s difficult to reach, uncomfortable to wait at, and its confusing to navigate. Lots of space and material have been used but instead of creating value they feel incomplete and wasteful.
This video is an exploration of the 'Overengineering & underdesigning' trend that seems to dominate the urban construction industry right now. We argue that tools and policies have led to a construction style that builds spaces for vehicles, often at the cost of building for people. Buildings in this style tend to inconvenience people.
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Chapters in this video:
00:00 Introduction
1:40 Railway Station, a place to wait
3:15 Circulation Efficiency
4:06 Outside & around SMVT
4:42 What we can learn
5:51 What next
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Credits
Voiceover - Ojas Shetty
Camera - Puneet Sachdev, Pravar Chaudhary, Inza S, Ojas Shetty
Graphics - Inza S
Edit - Pravar Chaudhary

[@GowthamV07]

The architect who engineered this should be fired. Maybe they dint even use an architect ?

[@Oceansta]

some ministers school-going kid might have made a drawing with crayons

[@sandipanghosh4712]

the problem is very much in your mind!! When someone atleast trying to change the rotten culture of corruption and you bsdk simply some brainless robots goes and votes for khangress!! 😢😢

[@nithishms1321]

S they don't use architects

[@newbiekhyber]

Must be from one of the numerous private engineering colleges, where he/she must have paid a capitation fee for admission. Local schools and colleges in Bangalore/Karnataka are famous for their shoddy educational standards. All good institutions are central institutions.

[@SarthakBhatia]

when a 4th fail goon who is currently PM of a country wants shitty projects like these what can you expect?

[@Varun2799]

Excellent video, I recently visited this to see what all the hype was about and was very very disappointed. No maintenance, no sitting space, unnecessary fancy roof. The initiative to upgrade railways is great but the government needs to be given critical feedback like this so such mistakes are not made again. Thankfully most problems are easily fixable so hope this video blows up and some top level person in the railways watches it

[@Amziiwa]

I am sure it will get better with time tho

[@Narutospeed_]

Few Hindus wanted to earn money. So they built it. Now you are chanting jai shree ram and they are living happily outside India

[@manh9105]

ok abrahamic mf

[@Amziiwa]

@@Narutospeed_ are you one the the peace full minority

[@apoek.lizt.blitzas4497]

This is India what are you expected?

[@mdhazeldine]

Hello from the UK! After watching a million urbanist videos from the U.S. it's so refreshing to see something from India. This was a really good breakdown of the issues in this building. I think it's a bit of a mistake to treat train stations like airports. The use-case is completely different. That being said, even if this was an airport, it would be bad. The issues you showed were such basic things that you'd expect architects to learn not to do. On the plus side, it's great to see India investing heavily in railways. But maybe they need a bit of design help. haha

[@ezrakim1323]

Like others people had pointed, they most likely didn't use any Architect for the project. Either that or some inexperienced politician kids are given the project.

[@priyadarshianu]

India has just started seeing the impact of hasty designs. 20 yrs back we didnt even have the funds to execute projects. So we had enough time to deliberate on each aspect.

[@river.]

India desperately need to train people in design fields. Designers here draw random curves and lines and call it a day

[@river.]

Even the few decent indian car are designed in uk.

[@pulokborah2986]

As a civil engineer with a Ph.D. in civil engineering, I completely agree with you. In Indian railways, we need more seats rather than over-engineered and poorly designed stations.

[@G0L_D_Fsh]

Budget issues. Half of the money goes to the project while the other half to the politicians.

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

​@@G0L_D_Fshdepends on the state. Everyone does corruption. But some states just overinflate the price and take their share of money, still making good infrastructure in the process

[@G0L_D_Fsh]

@@Dr.Kraig_Ren You're correct.

[@karthikarvindcs]

Looks like the architect had no experience in designing public places

[@TheExpressionist01]

More cement more money 😅

[@theduden]

side effect of electoral bond scam

[@hiteshnankani644]

bengaluru, what else you expect except corruption at peak

[@Quackk07]

or maybe he is reservation passout lol

[@DarshBarot-sn1hy]

@@Quackk07 once again .. no logic

[@prathamshenoy9840]

1. Calling it "airport inspired" is a disgrace to the airports. 2. Never try to design something to "feel" like something else. Railway stations are for a different class of people. Design it for them. It can never be an airport.

[@mukundbalasubramanian1229]

Imo the whole airport thing is because we are conditioned to airports being world-class and almost luxurious places in comparison to our railway stations. Truth is, we just need to build a nice railway station.

[@jovisjoseph]

its a disgrace to the whole concept of inspiration

[@Drkalaamarab]

Indian are Indian only. They never change sleeping everywhere no rules no disciplines. These same guys go Dubai, UK, USA, Australia etc and they follow the country rules. But when they return to India 🇮🇳 they start their dirty dustbin mindset. Peeing here and there no cleaning hygienic etc. Not parking vehicles in parking lot, driving on footpath etc. Stupid people 😂, not everyone but most of them. Ye kab sudhrenge? Indian me?

[@iam_arnavisaha32]

sealdah railway station is far advanced than this lol!

[@Ibleedwhite]

@@iam_arnavisaha32 bro , sealdah is better designed than this but absolutely not more advanced, if something is advance, its sealdah metro station!!

[@sassankermani4973]

watching this as an American who likes public infrastructure realizing this channel only has 9.2K subs is wild, this video hit, good job hope to see more cool stuff from you

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

Well, I'm an infrastructure nerd but I found him only after this video. Subscribed him now.

[@ajsuraj]

The intro got me into watching this entire video! It's witty, funny yet feels like a facepalm. Wonderfully edited, beautifully explained, interesting use of sound... I really wish to watch videos like this. Having visited the station twice, I completely agree with your points. The fisheries dept building in Hyderabad is one more example of 'Expectation V Reality'.

[@bharath2508]

Visvesvaraya is a legend but the university and railway station named after him is a disaster.

[@Farm2Code]

😂😂 correct

[@aloAlopi]

Both are an utter disgrace to his legacy.

[@rkwsia]

disaster? Because you need to walk to side to climb the stairs? Dont speak like a fool.

[@VinayWebstar]

Very very correct, that namesake station can be modified and corrected to an extent, but those useless uneducated students who pass from that namesake university Can’t 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@stevensreejith3041]

😂😂😂😂very true

[@rajasaid8227]

The pan stains all over the walls is a disgrace. We can be poor in terms of wealth but not in terms of dignity of ourselves and our surroundings.

[@masa6768]

Nothing will happen until they start bringing and enforcing fines and policing people

[@Narutospeed_]

What can you expect from Hindus. That's why rich Hindus are leaving India and marrying Christians

[@ad67804]

@@masa6768 democracy will be in danger

[@arunkarthikma3121]

They need to install more waste bins, and have more cleaning staff available

[@oxyht]

@@arunkarthikma3121 I don't think bins will help. Our own people are undisciplined. If this station was let's say even in South East Asia(Thailand), the condition will be different.

[@keriddunk1520]

My dad worked in South Western Railway in Hubli. Same thing is built there . He said the same thing. So much corruption and money taken . India won’t improve because of any politicians. People need to change

[@seshandixit910]

I hope Ashwini Vaishnav watches this, very well explained how the basics were not took care while designing, great work buddy even I noticed this multiple times in almost all new government projects.

[@Mikey14742]

this channel is definition of underrated

[@arunkarthikma3121]

I'm surprised such a high quality channel about Bengaluru urbanism showed up on my feed 😅 This is exactly the kind of content I hope to create, once I'm back in Bengaluru

[@prathyush4583]

Too true. High quality content like this is rare. KZbin recommendation algorithm is straight trash

[@bengawalk]

​@@arunkarthikma3121 come bro we'll do it

[@anilraghu8687]

I didn't see any high quality

[@arunkarthikma3121]

@@bengawalk Haha, as soon as I'm out of college, bruv. Do you have a work email, that I could share images or stats with?

[@jagadeeshks4601]

My father, a simple farmer and also an ex-counselor used to say, We plan for a month and build it in 6 months! But it should be the other way around!!

[@suhas2319]

wise words

[@shubhamjohri9231]

That's why your father was a farmer and not a real estate developer

[@Anakin.xx1]

​@@shubhamjohri9231that's stupid statement

[@SumitRana-life314]

​@@shubhamjohri9231and that's why I respect him and not the real estate developer.

[@reubennelson4086]

Lmao im an architect and this is not just how things work lol

[@NikhilRakesh]

This is what happens when engineers design and don't take help of architects

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

No. Architects make buildings that looks cool. Crowd Planners and Engineers make them work somehow

[@heyskanda]

I just got this video randomly on my TL, and I absolutely loved every bit of it! Quality content!

[@VineethMuthanna]

You missed a big point. All the platforms except the first platform are Inaccessible. They only have steep stairs. No ramps, no elevators, no escalators. Compared to KSR and YPR it is impossible for the disabled, elderly, and even for a fit person to carry heavy luggage to the directly access other terminals. It's an accessibility disaster.

[@bengawalk]

Oh they have made very big spacious underpasses with ramps actually, electric golf carts take passengers across at a charge. In this video we focused on the building itself, maybe in another one we can explore the issues with the platforms. Accessibility imo is not a major issue but there are other debatable choices made wrt platforms at SMVT

[@VineethMuthanna]

@@bengawalk Sorry, I didn't know there was underpass to get to the platforms. I must have completely missed it during my tour.

[@RahulSrinivas]

@@VineethMuthanna AND that is another problem with the design. Such important things should be easily visible to passengers.

[@PuneMHIndia]

​@@VineethMuthannatouch some grass ni🅱️🅱️∆ 🤡

[@PuneMHIndia]

​@@RahulSrinivas😭 perennial sobbing morons 😭

[@prakash9640]

Functionality comes foremost, aesthetics plays a minor part for public places like this. Kudos to the bengawalk for another banger 🎩

[@bengawalk]

Very well said sir and also thanks 👑

[@Sumit_Girhe]

Aesthetic also plays a major role. I am tired of seeing ugly looking station in India

[@goodlifeequations6196]

@@Sumit_Girhe Both could have been managed but alas here we are...

[@aloAlopi]

@@Sumit_Girhe Agree with you, but good functionality will give the chance to add aesthetics later on. The current one only looks good from the outside but is terrible from the inside.

[@Sumit_Girhe]

@@aloAlopi yeah true. We have the one of the best engineer(as said by many) but still we got this

[@maxmusterkann6057]

Great Video! Loved the music and the general vibe! And ofcourse your comments on this feverdream of a train station are spot on! Looking forward for more

[@AbhigyanTrips]

This kinda content is truly underrated. Loved how you kept it concise and yet added enough visuals over the voiceover to keep the viewer attentive

[@azhrhasan]

It was "made to be inaugurated" against "made to be used". It was all magnificent until inaugurated and transferred to operations.

[@rkwsia]

we can see the pain behind your eyes.

[@trilokyamohanchakra6351]

​@@rkwsiayeah, like I$slam was made to get pu$-$y not lead to god

[@PeachCrusher69]

well said

[@rhsper]

@@rkwsia I take note of the dog-whistle, you !@#$. The simple point is the pain felt by the users of the station. You don't care about that.

[@ajaysindbad]

This video needs to be sent to the railway minister and the railway board to improve future projects

[@anudeepsrivastav]

You know what they will say? It’s state government and currently ruled by Congress and they will start blaming them😢😢

[@ajaysindbad]

@@anudeepsrivastav They won't say anything of that sort. We're talking about development not petty politics. Keep your political prejudices to yourself.

[@ajaysindbad]

@AdityaRana-dw7kl That's why I mentioned railway board. If bureaucrats are putting roadblocks in development then Modi 3rd term is the correct time to remove them.

[@rajsrivastav6940]

they know everything wrong but choose not to do anything about it. Their number 1 priority is how to make money for themselves.

[@rajsrivastav6940]

@AdityaRana-dw7kl explain

[@gumbyno5808]

Omg I've longed for Urbanist content from an Indian perspective. Kudos to you guys, you earned a subscriber!

[@Student_OfLife]

Absolutely blown away by the content this channel has. I randomly stumbled across this channel and now I want to binge everything in it. Makes me appreciate and learn from my Bengaluru surroundings.

[@yashpanchal7]

This was a joy to watch. Amazing quality and effort. It was kinda relaxing to watch this lol? If you keep making videos like these, your future is going to be amazing.

[@kaustavpal5510]

too little time on the drawing board ... sums it up. Those who are at the decision making level in Railways never travel by train. The calm and analytical way in which it was presented is refreshing

[@vijujoseph3438]

Wow, a channel with genuine quality. I liked everything about it. Nice work, keep it up. Got a new subscriber

[@jurajkovac8507]

This really is an excellent video, well thought-out and professionally executed. It's a shame whenever so much public money brings relatively little value, but it's always fixable and I love that you actually focused on the lessons learned.

[@bubblegum7489]

man the govt should ban gutka. we indians dont deserve good infra

[@QueensClick143]

along with it need to teach basic manners to citizens...

[@manankukreti8906]

Not indians only labour from UP and Bihar don't deserve anything

[@riscnx]

But before that gov has to ban voting rights for those who consume gutka

[@Nate-tu8fw]

@@manankukreti8906 Don't say things like that; they are our people too. we gotta teach them better

[@TheKnightTeutonic]

@@manankukreti8906whoa what a great thought , you my friend will become a great politician someday

[@ksoman953]

@5:22 sums it up. I've many many fun observations, but to quote another site, my biggest wow moment regarding modern Indian construction was when I visited the Taj Mahal on a rainy day. No puddles inside the Taj Mahal area, a place designed and built almost 400 years back, but the 5-star hotel down the street where we stayed, people with paddles were busy pushing water away from puddles formed on access footpaths and roads. Jaw dropping indeed.

[@nou7401]

funny because most islamic structures abroad have water logging issues it was made by local people, not foreign infra

[@samikshagoyal7707]

Mohenjodaro of Vedic Saraswati (Indus Valley) civilisation is the epitome. When there were floods there, all the water drained away 😌😌

[@ksoman953]

@@nou7401 you joker. We aren't talking religion or who built what, but that planners & architects make a difference and cultural norms of what's acceptable or not changes and should not go worse with time, it needs to get better with time.

[@nou7401]

@@ksoman953 funny because the construction and design was part done by an ex-congress MLA's family agency that explains a lot

[@nou7401]

kejruddin katter imaandar as honest as the whole opposition, legalised illegal liquor and went to jail LOL@@ksoman953

[@aswanisharma50]

Man I've used this railway station. All the issues that you have mentioned is on point. Accurate video with pinpoint details. Although not an engineer I'm a subscriber now.

[@rahulrao5349]

Thank you for making this video. Really appreciate your work.

[@mukundbalasubramanian1229]

People-friendly design is clearly not a priority for the architects and engineers. A place where many people gather should prioritise ease of movement, larger spaces for meeting/waiting, and good signage, which gives the place a sense of direction. The whole space is cluttered (not large enough single concourse because they end up splitting it into random sections) and signage is insufficient at times. Prioritising optics over practicality is bound to bite us in the back. Not to mention the complete lack of accessibility (edit: by foot. And yes, I did walk the entire span of the access road from SV road metro station during daytime). Hopefully the upcoming Devanahalli terminal (or the Yeshwantpur renovation) is, as you say, not underdesigned.

[@meta5291]

What design? There is no word called "design" in the vernacular (according to Amit Shah)

[@roasterblaster6660]

For young architects , it is the most important priority. But government doesn't employ architects for every 1000 civil engineers hired there is 1 architect hired. So what should we do? Each day I step outside, I see 100 ways the PWDs MCDs could have designed better roads, crossings, bus stands, parkings but they hire 100 engineers but hardly any architect or urban designer or an urban planner to design our city infrastructure. After years of watching this band wagon of badly done projects, I have stopped complaining. Peaceful but painful.

[@tiju4723]

@@roasterblaster6660 There is literally no urban planning in India. I've seen poorer countries in Africa doing way better urban planning and land development. In India for some reason its all random and chaotic. Can't blame the people because govt never does their job leaving it to private individuals doing it in their own random ways.

[@mukundbalasubramanian1229]

@@roasterblaster6660 As a non-architect, and just an urban planning enthusiast, I have to apologise for that comment. It was a little out of place to criticise professionals with very little basis. But I believe there is definitely some factor behind the scenes of these projects that calls for cost-cutting moves or to prioritise surface-level optics over functionality. The Indian consumer is either economically not well off and suffering due to the lack of functionality or is economically well off and able to access a more luxurious product while affording to bypass the lack of basics. The consumer has to be able to demand a better project for themselves from the authorities.

[@rishabhbhatnagar6795]

​@@tiju4723people are at fault. They vote for mandir, discuss religion with politics, don't boycott the media, don't criticize the government

[@chichagg]

This happens when the top of govt wants to give funds but the babus at lower level have to just show the expenditure, again a beurocracy problem

[@tuhin2839]

That's why we badly need private players in railway.

[@amitbikram9031]

The contact must been given to some company which gave donation

[@praveen_venjaramoodu]

40% Sarkara at centre as well.

[@Cactus007rn]

​@@tuhin2839 that's why we badly need public with brains. The renovation was done by a Private company only.

[@dlooc]

Wow. a very rare skill i witnessed now - a thoughtful, original and well researched video instead of the same copy paste job that most indians do. so glad to see your work. will support in any way i can. keep up the good work.

[@Pradeeb_wxx]

Thanks for your efforts to make this video. I appreciate your work and i hope you come up with such innovative and different pov videos. ❤🎉

[@7_samseven]

Nice work. As a designer I liked how you approached this. You not only pointed out the problems , you have given possible solutions also.👍

[@trilokyamohanchakra6351]

Is this a "qouta" designer work or is it anti-homless like design lik3 NYC?

[@JourneyOfLife001]

1. Hearing such announcements of "airport type railway stations", i will optimistic about India 2. Seeing such poor execution, I feel sad about India 3. Watching this excellent video on this topic, i feel optimistic again about India.

[@deanian3128]

first video ive seen from you. amazing stuff love the style love the editing love the way you communicate important info in a manner that is engaging and entertaining.

[@shivsagarsingh8315]

Really Happy to see people like you, who are not only pointing the wrong stuff and cursing government but also telling the right design of infra. A truely knowledgeable video.

[@pranavbalakrishnan5302]

So much wasted potential. I actively avoid trains that terminate here cause of the poor accessibility vis a vis multimodal connectivity. Majestic, Yeshwanthpur, and even smaller stations like KR Pura and Baiyappanahalli are way better connected IMO. Great video though!

[@praneethkeerthi]

KRPura is underrated for its capacity tbh

[@deepakprasad4027]

Give some credits to the ministers kin. They have reputation of being consistent and efficient at wasting resources

[@nkrishnamys]

Astounding information 🎉

[@vishnupriyahr9331]

Oh man, this is such an eye opener. I wish some of the planners of the SWR construction wing would watch this video and acknowledge these issues and hopefully implement the changes. Great work 👏

[@biswanathdutta4219]

Appreciate all the hard work you guys have put to make this video. I have subscribed this channel. Keep up the good work.

[@hogopipo]

This was quite a watch 🌟 waiting for more of such quality content 🤌🏼

[@virajraundal7340]

so well done! Visited this railway station last month. Was blown away by how clean and huge it was. Spent 15 mins there and was so frustrated about the staircase and the entry and exits.

[@COOLSABYA2]

Clean ? Maybe you need to get your eyes checked.

[@aneeshkrishnan2469]

Never seen such a video on SMVT, thankyou and Kudos for hard work

[@sevansces]

Loved the video! I hope people appreciate the amount of effort that went into the production. I really liked the vibe of the video, the 3D models and sketches overlayed on the existing design, and most importantly a clear presentation of problem-requirement-solution-critique, such a treat 👏. Please do more of these video essays, subscribed 🙌

[@akashrai1248]

Great video. Good job at not just pointing out the issues but also stating basic fix and explanations. This is how it should be done!

[@dagger732]

Bro this is your first video im watching. I'm an avid follower of Indian railways but I haven't been too smvt yet. This is a beautiful video where you keep the bullshit low, you explain the issues and suggest solutions as well. I love you presentation!

[@bengawalk]

Thank you so much bro!

[@sumanthiyengar9641]

Excellent videos 🔥 Your channel must have got 10K-25K subs by now, keep up with such amazing candid, fun & educational content!

[@thenikhilway]

wow, very nice video. the graphics and amount of detail you put says you have given so much time and effort into this, hats off to you

[@mohammedyasser6233]

Officially one of my favourite channels on KZbin, binge watched all your videos and absolutely love them all. The growth you've seen in 3 days, around 2k subs to 8k is amazing. keep growing and keep making more videos❤

[@bengawalk]

Wow, thank you so much sir!

[@MarkRyanNZ]

Top notch production quality. Really want this channel to blow up. 🙏

[@EasterBunnyGaming]

briliant. Hopefully it creates awareness and the railway babus watch this as well :)

[@speakamreet12345]

Very well documented. Exactly what i felt when i visited this terminal. Myself with my parents and an infant had difficulty in finding place to sit and end up in standing for an hour until the platform got announced. Sometimes we shouldn’t forget the basics when designing the complicated piece.

[@nomad7317]

This channel is underrated! Also, thanks for making content in English! ❤

[@CINEMaNIME_1]

Form without function. This summarizes most of the recently developed public infra. Loved your video

[@illumenoty36]

Love your insights, as always

[@suerayss]

What a lovely review. Hope SWR just watches this video, takes notes and immediately fix the issues raised in it and move on. Good lessons learnt and should in humility acknowledge the blunder openly and fix it. Good job. You should send this to them and maybe you already did.

[@nteasocial]

thank you for making the video; loved every bit and very insightful

[@akhilt9583]

Great Observations, I hope people incharge of such projects are taking note.

[@shreyachaudhary3070]

Truly like your authentic voice and that you are able to see things that most people don't and would love to improve SMVT .This fascination with air-conditioned glass structures is not helping the environment at all. Hope to see more solutions coming from this team along with great diagnosis.

[@rahulprakash788]

What a video man! Loved it

[@deekshas3936]

As someone who watches urbanism videos on YT which are mostly centred around the US and certain cities in Europe, I have long wished that something like that is available for Bengaluru. Imagine my delight when I came across this video in my feed! This is everything I need. I have subscribed and will watch all your previous videos.

[@jitendrachouhan7994]

Thoughtful, unbiased, apolitical, clear words, well-explained and sketched. Would be happy to view the Ladakh airport design analysis

[@Hocus_pocus689]

Even young people in India take constructive criticism quite negatively, that I found to my peril ! How would we better ourselves as a society, without being criticised ? In Kerala also many stations had insufficient seating, as if S.R. runs trains with Japanese precision. Many of the seating is donated by clubs, railway users' forum, other organisations etc. All in all, more power to your channel 💪 and a better nation ! And hope Babus stop treat citizens like cattle !

[@ankk98]

wow, you are a gem I always felt these things but could not have explained it like you subscribed

[@anoranyadutta1621]

Loved the style of explanation..great vid!

[@Srikrishnakarthik]

This deserves to go viral

[@roshanjc7752]

We should first of all clean our cities. We are a growing superpower and shall make it feel like a developed country with basic facilities. Truly appreciate the idea of AC railway station. Congrats Indian Railways for this initiative.

[@jacksonaniyan6144]

Growing super power in what sense?? Adani Ambani getting wealthier??

[@fakebotff7855]

​@@jacksonaniyan6144 no Rahul Gandhi and his family getting wealthier 😂😂

[@ShovikDasME]

@@jacksonaniyan6144 you can also try to be rich like adani and ambani instead of being jealous and doing randirona

[@unitycatalog]

" growing superpower " hahahahahaha .... have you seen your per capita income. your level was seen in morbi manipur and balasore

[@ShovikDasME]

@@unitycatalog in which country do you live?

[@debanjannandi9149]

Lovely channel, I hope this grows.

[@bharatpurohit8331]

Great video, make more this type of video, also you can make videos on good planned infra project as well.

[@hakadushblue]

Thank you, for this video! I notice the entrance every time I pass by this terminal .. wondering how odd the stairs are 😅and what the point was of building it!

[@TheLYagAmi]

Some of the best docs I have seen on KZbin. Been sharing the crap out of these videos these past few weeks this is some extremely good content that needs a tonne of more eyes on it.

[@gunnervin]

What a video! Awesome points raised and a great Bengaluru vibe!

[@spark9_]

Fantastic video. It's scary to consider all the infrastructure being built during the urbanization of Bengaluru without understanding use cases and practicality.

[@msdadsfsx]

becuase its designed by govt babu

[@amarjeetsinha8733]

Good video👏🏻 This is a classic example of a good initiative by the government but the poor implementation of company which got the tender and local level management. The Railway ministry have take these matters in their own hands and should properly maintain the railway station. Jai Hind 🙏🏻❤️🇮🇳

[@davidpuli2341]

Nice work man! you go... we need more videos like this

[@biswassudipta05]

Really good video. Thanks for the work

[@Raj-ly2sj]

I guess Engineer who designed the terminal in my opinion was a Covid Pass!!!!! :) btw great quality video!!

[@Narutospeed_]

He is Hindu. So mind your words

[@sujithnair2717]

Excellent.... You noticed, evaluated and said it ! Could you please forward this video to Prime Minister, Railway Minister, Chief Engineer of South Central Railway, its Zonal Manager, Divisional Engineers etc....

[@rkwsia]

prime minister will come and do masonry to adjust the stair case? Are you a fool 😂😂

[@hanumakondamahesh4798]

South Western(Bengluru) not South central(Hyderabad).

[@SKD_YT]

Excellent video buddy! Instant fan!!!

[@jayappari]

Great video man!! Your story telling and frames were extraordinary.

[@anandkumaryadav3995]

I am a geologist not an engineer but subscribed your channel now. these are basics. They should not call themselves civil engineers if they can't do civil duties.!

[@kai2937]

do note, civil engineers aren't suppose to do civil duties

[@vivejk4443]

Lol, so all mechanical engineers need to be mechanics

[@relayguru7279]

This going to be viral now

[@Winterseeker]

Fantastic summary and solutions proposed here!

[@hydorah]

This is a classic example of how the meaning of the phrase 'over engineered' is evolving before our eyes. "Over engineered" used to mean excessively robust. Now it means the opposite. Unnecessarily over complicated or feature laden and therefore the opposite of robust!

[@illumenoty36]

Is there a way to know who or which company did most of the design? Or is it already public, but I am not aware?

[@bengawalk]

Contractor - MVV Satyanarayana Architect - RR Architects & Associates Architects website is easy to find and has some context, but contractor we weren’t able to track down much beyond the name

[@ajaysindbad]

​@@bengawalk Architects licence to practice should be cancelled if this is what they came up with after spending more than 300 crores.

[@baluboi6650]

​@@bengawalkthis guy MVV Satyanarayana is a well known politician in Andhra Pradesh and had a real estate Empire across south india, most important thing is this guy is pretty much corrupt and has many shady businesses in andhra.

[@shaileshg7515]

This is very good coverage of infrastructural issues. The critique is in place. At no point, did it feel like an attack, but educational and raising awareness. excellent work!

[@pixelatedxenon9579]

The production quality of this is so good. Well done!

[@akshittripathi5403]

Great video man - it's great that the country is putting money in infrastructure. But now the priority becomes making it well designed and user friendly. Subscribed!

[@kanakpratapsingh8466]

2:11 dude that dog 😂

[@YM-wp6me]

lol , I noticed post reading your comment. Good, this poorly designed giant infrastructure atleast providing comfort to someone.

[@Dr.Kraig_Ren]

Lmao. Another reason why it's poorly designed

[@jayasuriyas2604]

Maybe it learnt from humans

[@dropperhoonmein]

I know atleast one or two officials involved in making of SMVT will watch this video but they won't implement your suggestions .... Ego above everything

[@aliensconfirmed3498]

Not just ego but carelessness. Most government officials in India have privileged lives compared to common man. They don't face the problems that others do and if they or their close ones don't face a problem, it doesn't exist. At the end, they are getting salaries and all other monetary benifits anyway.

[@gauthamramachandran9949]

Outstanding video the only good thing about this railway station is that you could make this video highly impressed! 😎

[@amit_srivatsa]

Content like this will take you a long way, brother! The amount of effort and thought that's gone into this video is definitely more than that which went into the station!

[@randomdude4465]

The money lies in building more and more without thinking, therefore that is the core of the government infrastructure design right now.

[@Sanjana_Ravi]

The lack of seating arrangement is evil! What the hell is wrong with these planners who expect 50,000 travellers per day and cannot provide bare fucking minimum number of seats. It's the same problem in Mysuru bus stands also. Entire platform packed with hundreds of people waiting for the bus, and barely 10 chairs.

[@Shuvobiswas030]

this video will change your youtube channel future👍🏻👍🏻great job awesome editing

[@ranjuraviranju]

Well executed video. I know you couldn't cover all the different issues of SMVT, but you were able to convey the power of design in simplifying the problems faced by commuters now.

[@12345abcd_qwerty]

avoid using Sir M Visvesvaraya for such disastrous things.