'Why are Bengaluru’s roads so bad?’ Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw shares Chinese Businessman’s shock !

A tweet by Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, quoting a Chinese business visitor shocked by Bengaluru’s potholes and garbage, has reignited outrage over the city’s crumbling infrastructure and civic apathy.

Bengaluru’s infrastructure has once again come under fire, this time from one of its most prominent voices, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson of Biocon Limited. In a hard-hitting post on X, she shared the reaction of a Chinese business visitor who was “shocked” at the city’s broken roads and overflowing garbage near Biocon Park.

I had an overseas business visitor to Biocon Park who said ‘ Why are the roads so bad and why is there so much garbage around? Doesn’t the Govt want to support investment? I have just come from China and cant understand why India can’t get its act together especially when the…

— Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (@kiranshaw) October 13, 2025

Quoting the visitor, Shaw wrote, “Why are the roads so bad and why is there so much garbage around? Doesn’t the government want to support investment? I have just come from China and can’t understand why India can’t get its act together especially when the winds are favourable.”

The tweet, which tagged Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM DK Shivakumar, and IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge, quickly went viral, triggering a storm of public frustration online. Many citizens echoed the same concerns, pointing out that poor road conditions and civic neglect have become an embarrassment for a city that calls itself India’s tech capital.

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Adding to the outrage, a viral video from the TC Palya-Channasandra stretch near Whitefield surfaced the same day, showing the grim reality of Bengaluru’s daily commute. A local resident recorded his 1.5-hour ordeal to travel just four kilometres, capturing pothole-ridden lanes, endless traffic jams, and reckless driving. The clip, now widely shared, highlights not only deteriorating road quality but also the city’s chronic traffic mismanagement.

The timing of these two incidents has reignited conversations around Bengaluru’s infrastructure crisis, especially in industrial zones like Electronic City and Bommasandra, where multinational investors frequently visit. 

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