Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has, in a little over a week, once again criticised the Karnataka government – this time over Bengaluru’s dug-up and pothole-ridden roads. She called out the political leadership for its lack of “urgency to fix the city and make it world-class”.

Bengaluru needs political urgency, $1 billion push

“I also am puzzled about why the political leadership is not showing the political urgency to fix our city and make it world-class,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

The 72-year-old businesswoman added that all it takes is “urgency, focus and $1 billion push” to fix the city. “It doesn’t take more than a focus in terms of budgetary allocation and execution.”

“A billion dollars need to be ring-fenced to do this,” she further said.

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