India, Oct. 13 -- A Bengaluru techie's social media post urging the government to temporarily shut down major IT parks to fix the city's crumbling infrastructure has sparked a discussion online. Taking to X, user Amarnath Shivashankar called on the Karnataka government to invoke Business Continuity Plans (BCP) and mandate remote work for IT companies so that repair work on Bengaluru's roads and drainage systems can be fast-tracked.

"When IT companies on the Outer Ring Road, ITPL, Electronic City, Manyata Tech Park, Bagmane Tech Park, etc., went completely remote for more than a year during Covid, they can do that again if the government mandates them to do so. Employees are losing productive hours during their commute," Shivashankar wrot...