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Azim Premji Rejects Karnataka’s Request to Open Wipro Campus to Traffic

He cites SEZ compliance, liability constraints, proposing funding for a world-class transport study to chart sustainable fixes.

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Premji has instead offered to underwrite a major share of a comprehensive transport study that is better suited to solving Bengaluru’s worsening congestion. (PTI)
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had written to Premji on September 19 to explore the possibility of allowing limited vehicular movement through the Wipro campus.

Overview

  • In a September 24 letter, Premji declined Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s September 19 appeal to allow limited public vehicles through Wipro’s Sarjapur Special Economic Zone campus.
  • He said SEZ rules, contractual access controls and legal governance risks make opening the private property to public thoroughfare infeasible.
  • Wipro offered to underwrite a significant share of a comprehensive, expert-led urban transport study to identify short-, medium- and long-term solutions.
  • Preliminary assessments and a Bengaluru Traffic Police simulation had suggested campus access could cut peak ORR congestion by roughly 30–38%.
  • Wipro named Reshmi Shankar as liaison with the state as officials seek other measures under growing pressure over Outer Ring Road bottlenecks, including complaints such as BlackBuck’s planned relocation.