Stop bashing industry leaders, announce large investment to clean up Bengaluru and manage its traffic. In the past two weeks, the Karnataka government managed to rile entrepreneurs and employees in quick succession. If that was not all, Bengaluru had a summer that saw citizens running from tap to tanker for drinking water. Then there are the longstanding bugbears—from traffic snarls and bad roads to inadequate public transport and inefficient garbage management. The call to reserve jobs for Kannadigas dates back to the 1980s when a committee headed by the late parliamentarian Sarojini Mahishi recommended that a share of public sector jobs be reserved for local citizens.

Source: Economic Times July 28, 2024 10:31 UTC