Amid rising public frustration over potholes, site visitors snarls, and poor waste administration, Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw met Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.Ok. Shivakumar on Sunday to debate a joint motion plan to deal with Bengaluru’s urgent infrastructure challenges.
Describing the assembly as “very constructive,” Shaw wrote on X, “We had a really constructive assembly with Deputy CM @DKShivakumar to conform to an motion plan to repair key infra bottlenecks in roads, ORR, PRR, drainage, site visitors, and rubbish.” The dialogue was additionally attended by TV Mohandas Pai and Better Bengaluru Authority (GBA) Chief Maheshwar Rao.
The talks targeted on pressing city challenges, together with highway high quality, potholes, waste disposal, site visitors administration, and key tasks such because the Outer Ring Highway (ORR) and Peripheral Ring Highway (PRR).
The assembly follows a public spat between Shaw and Shivakumar on social media. The Deputy CM had earlier accused Shaw and Pai of pursuing a “private agenda” towards the federal government, questioning why they’d been silent throughout the earlier BJP regime. Shaw refuted the cost, stressing that her criticism has at all times been constant and non-partisan. “Not true. Each @TVMohandasPai and I’ve criticised deteriorating infrastructure in our metropolis to earlier BJP and JDS Governments. Our agenda is evident: clear up and restore roads,” she posted.
Shaw’s concern reportedly escalated after a overseas enterprise customer to Biocon Park expressed shock on the metropolis’s infrastructure, asking why roads have been so poor and rubbish so prevalent, particularly when in comparison with different international locations like China.
Responding to the criticism, Shivakumar highlighted ongoing restore efforts and budgetary allocations. “Rs 1,100 crore has been sanctioned for highway repairs, 10,000+ potholes recognized, and over 5,000 already fastened on precedence. Main infrastructure works are underway to make Bengaluru extra globally aggressive,” he stated.
Underneath the Better Bengaluru Authority, the East Company will retain Rs 1,673 crore of its revenues to reinforce infrastructure throughout 50 wards. The Deputy CM added, “With main works just like the CSB–Ok.R. Puram redevelopment and Elevated Corridors, we’re strengthening infrastructure for residents, staff, and corporations alike. As a substitute of tearing Bengaluru down, let’s construct it up—collectively.”
