Richards Town

Overview :
Richards Town is a locality situated to the north-east of Bangalore. The area is primarily a  residential locality. Muslim Colony, Pillanna Garden, Mm Road, P&T Colony , St.Thomas Town, Benson Town, Williamstown, Indirapuram, Shamanna Layout, Maruthi Sevanagar  are the nearby Localities to Richards Town. The famous Anjaneya Swamy Temple is situated in close proximity. The area is conveniently located and connected with other parts of the city with rail and road.

Connectivity :
This place bears excellent connectivity to several key nodes around the place via Hennur Main Road Flyover and Tannery Road which further add it to Whitefield Road Flyover.. This locality has direct access to Arabic College Main Road, Hennur Main Road, Pottery Road and Whitefield Road.
Bangalore East Railway Station, Banaswadi Railway Station and Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station are nearby railway station to Richards Town. However, Bangalore East Railway Station is its nearby railway station situated at a drive distance of 1.1 km.
Richards Town enjoys excellent connectivity to Kempegowda International Airport via NH 44, located at a distance of 35.1 km, can be reached within an hour.

Factors for future growth :
The ongoing expansion of the city limits, proximity to the Kempegowda International Airport and Outer Ring Road connecting Richard’s Town to the  city’s IT hubs have resulted in the rapid improvement of the area and the development of a number of commercial and business activities.
Phase-2 alignment of Bangalore Metro Rail with one of its route Gottigere – Nagavara (21.25 km) will pass through the locality, can be a factors for growth of residential demand and development in coming days.
Proximity to Kempegowda International Airport along with major IT Parks such as Embassy Manyata Business Park, Fortune Summit IT Park, Rajajinagar IT Park, Knowledge Square IT Park and JP IT Park have been a plus point for Richards Town, driving rental demand and providing consistent rental yield.

Infrastructural Development (Social & Physical) :
Richards Town has many good schools in the vicinity. Some of them are Clarence High School, Oasis International School, St.Germain High School, Presidency School, Royale Concorde International School among few.
Some of the renowned hospitals providing health care facilities to the residents of Richards Town are Sundar Hospital, ESI Hospital, M.R. Ambedkar Dental College and Hospital, Divine Speciality Hospital.
Graph Lifestyle, Orion East Mall, Sigma Central Mall, Lido Mall and Embassy Galaxy mall are the four major malls in the vicinity which serves the daily needs of the residents of Richards Town.

Major issues :
As usual traffic is the major issue in the locality. In the peak hour people have to wait for 10-15 min. Drinking water is also an major issue.