What accounts for the tremendous growth of Bangalore city? It is really amazing, although understandable!?
Bangalore cannot expand infinitely. Bangalore is not near any river or major water source. We cannot pump all the water in the Cauvery to feed the city of Bangalore. Four states have to share this river as a common resource. Bangalore has reached the limits of sustainability. Siemens Ltd. has decided to freeze all expansion plans in Bangalore in the wake of crumbling infrastructure in the city. “There will be no more expansion plans in Bangalore. Bangalore is not attractive for investors anymore”, company’s Managing Director Jurgen Schubert said here on Friday. This is the strongest vindication of the worsening infrastructure in the city from the head of a global manufacturing giant. Siemens was one of the first to set up operations in Bangalore with huge investments. Apart from the manufacturing base for automotive sector and servicing workshop for industrial turbines, Bangalore is a hub for telecom, medical and automotive software development and high-end research and development wor