Bengaluru, Aug. 6 -- Bengaluru, India's tech hub, is now increasingly being defined by its mounting civic woes, prompting prominent voices like Biocon Limited's executive chairperson, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, to also voice out frustration.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, well-known for her outspoken views on city governance, recently criticized the Karnataka government on social media, tagging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, and the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL).

She wrote, "BMRCL, are you aware or even bothered about commuters' plight?" on X, striking a chord with citizens grappling daily with the city's infrastructural inadequacies. The video shared by her showed footpath encroachment near the pre...