Karnataka’s capital, which is known as the Silicon Valley of India and is the economic growth engine of the State, has mostly been in the news for all the wrong reasons over the past few years. Bengaluru hit global headlines in 2022, when most parts of its Information Technology (IT) corridor were flooded, exposing its crumbling civic infrastructure. Coupled with nightmarish traffic and the bad condition of roads, this has led industry icons and ordinary citizens alike to bemoan the erosion of “Brand Bengaluru”.
At the turn of the millennium, between 1995 and 2010, the city was regarded the most happening place, but a sense of fatigue and saturation seems to have set in now. This is evident in how even the State government has adopted a “Beyond Bengaluru” policy to woo investments, though with little success. The capital continues to be the favourite destination for investments in the State, and as a result, the city’s population continues to balloon, stretching its infrastructure and natural resources to their limits.
