Bengaluru, Aug. 29 -- Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw has said Bengaluru boasts the "best talent and the best weather but the worst infrastructure", arguing that if the city fixed its problems with garbage, debris and roads, it could rank among the world's best.

In a post on X, she stressed that the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) had a "great opportunity" to resolve these issues and urged collective determination to achieve it.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar responded on X, concurring with her concerns. "Agree with you, @kiranshaw avare, Bengaluru has always had the talent, the weather, and the spirit. What it lacked was political will. That's exactly what we are fixing now," he wrote.

He said problems ranging from...