Overview

• Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw urged swift repairs to garbage disposal, debris removal and roads, tagging DK Shivakumar and the BBMP in a post.
• She wrote that Bengaluru has top talent and weather but the worst infrastructure, arguing the city could rank among the best if basics are fixed.
• Residents echoed her concerns, flagging overflowing trash, battered roads and recurrent flooding, including around Wipro’s Sarjapur Road campus.
• Some citizens pressed Mazumdar-Shaw to rally industry leaders to lobby for better civic management and improved public behavior.
• Responding publicly, DK Shivakumar said the government is restoring political will and addressing issues with urgency, highlighting the newly constituted 75-member Greater Bengaluru Authority to coordinate city governance.