Overview
- A longtime resident’s post titled “Bengaluru Has Had Enough, It’s Time to Stop Inviting More People” describes the city as “breaking” under congestion, water shortages, rising rents, and vanishing trees.
- The author criticises incentives for companies—subsidies, land benefits, and relaxed rules—arguing costs fall on residents while benefits bypass locals.
- Proposed remedies include halting new large corporate expansions until basics are fixed and taxing existing firms with revenues reinvested in transport, drainage, housing, lakes, roads, and parks.
- The author stresses the frustration targets growth policies rather than migrants seeking work.
- Online responses call for decentralising offices to other Karnataka cities and question local accountability, though outlets note the post and reactions are user-generated and unverified.