Bengaluru’s techies pin hope on new Karnataka govt to address mobility issue

Bengaluru’s techies wish to see the new government in Karnataka to do a lot more to address the mobility problem in the city, with thrust on easing traffic on high-density roads, quick completion of expansion of metro rail network and deploying a large number of electric buses to improve public transport, says information technology industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai.
The former Chief Financial Officer of IT major Infosys Ltd rejected the perception in some quarters that technology professionals don’t vote in elections in large numbers.
Pai expressed deep concern over “growing” corruption in the State, saying irrespective of party, every successive government becomes more corrupt than the previous dispensation, and candidates of the 10 May Assembly elections in Karnataka spend crores of rupees for elections each in their constituencies. Techies look forward to a new government which will help Bengaluru solve its biggest problem mobility, the Chairman of Aarin Capital told the media in an interview. “We want the Metro to be completed and expand fast to 250 km, and we want at least 15,000 electric buses to improve public transport in Bengaluru,” he said, adding that there is a need to ease traffic and decongest 12 high-density roads. Pai said it’s a wrong perception that techies don’t vote in large numbers.