Prescription for Metros ; the India Today Council On News and Society Looks at the Malaise of Poor Infrastructure Afflicting Not Just Bangalore but Also Other Metros. Its Verdict: Fast Action and a Blueprint for the Future.

Summary

---

If you are flying into Bangalore, chances are that you will be stuck in a jam: in the air. Once you land, you will again find yourself trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic. The distance from the airport to city centre is just 10 km but it can take up to an hour or more during rush hour. Bangalore, cruising at supersonic speed on the information technology (it) superhighway, is choking to death as two lakh tech workers often spend two to three hours inching their way to work from home, wasting millions of man hours. It is not just traffic jams. The country's it capital has done the most to transform India's international image but the governmental apathy towards its crumbling infrastructure is what makes it look anything but part of the just-in-time global economy. The contrasts may be stark in Bangalore but they symbolise the pathetic state of infrastructure across the country.

To make sense of the contrast, INDIA TODAY brought together tech entrepreneurs, bankers, infrastructure experts, bureaucrats and politicians in Bangalore to look at the malaise under its interactive forum icons II (INDIA TODAY Council on News and Society). The objective was to debate "Infrastructure: Challenges and Opportunities".

See the full content of this document

Extract

---

Prescription for Metros ; the India Today Council On News and Society Looks at the Malaise of Poor Infrastructure Afflicting Not Just Bangalore but Also Other Metros. Its Verdict: Fast Action and a Blueprint for the Future.

INDIA TODAY Editor Prabhu Chawla sliced open the startling paradox of one of the fastest growing economies with 8-plus per cent GDP growth but terribly weighed down by poor infrastructure on the other side. "We want to find out what ails us and fin...

See the full content of this document

---