India, May 19 -- As Bengaluru continues to reel under the impact of relentless rains and poor civic preparedness, a growing chorus of voices from the city's vast IT workforce is calling for mandatory work-from-home (WFH) policies during extreme weather days.

Navigating through flooded streets, traffic gridlocks, and disrupted public transport has turned the daily office commute into a nightmare, especially for those working in tech corridors like Outer Ring Road and Manyata Tech Park, which were among the worst affected on Monday. Parts of Manyata Tech Park were submerged under over two feet of water, halting vehicle movement and leaving several employees stranded.

Taking to social media, frustrated tech workers have urged industry bodi...