India, May 21 -- Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao has responded to growing comparisons between Bengaluru and the much smaller and better-managed Electronic City, saying such parallels fail to account for the massive differences in scale and complexity.

In an interview with News18, Rao acknowledged the positive steps taken by the Electronic City Industrial Township Authority (ELCITA) and expressed openness to adopting innovations from their model. However, he emphasised that managing a sprawling metropolis like Bengaluru, home to over 14 million people, presents far more intricate challenges.

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