Overview

• Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said a visiting business contact at Biocon Park asked why Bengaluru’s roads were so poor and garbage so visible, comparing India unfavourably with China and questioning support for investment.
• Days earlier, she questioned political will to fix the city and urged ring-fencing about a billion dollars to quickly upgrade basic urban infrastructure.
• Responses on X ranged from blaming corrupt or ineffective officials to faulting residents’ poor civic habits for littering and road neglect.
• Industry voices weighed in, with Reliance executive Vaibhav Goel questioning electoral accountability and investor Vijay Sappani calling for education, better equipment and strict enforcement.
• As context, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in July sought central approvals tied to key Bengaluru projects and reportedly admonished a civic official in September over potholes, with no new implementation steps reported in this coverage.