In a bid to improve public transport in Bengaluru, there has been a noticeable push to allow private companies to operate bus services within the city limits, with urban experts, industry leaders and even politicians backing the move.

During a fireside chat at a mobility symposium on Friday, former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai called for dismantling the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation’s (BMTC) monopoly on bus services in the city.

Calling the BMTC a “failed” organisation, he suggested that allowing popular cab aggregators to run buses would help improve the city’s traffic issues by putting more public transport vehicles on the roads.

“The BMTC has been a failure in Bengaluru. They have not been able to solve the public transport system. It is time for the government to re-exami

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