New Delhi, May 28 -- Bengaluru billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ditched her luxury vehicles for a ride on the city's metro this Tuesday, opting to travel via the Namma Metro purple line to escape Bengaluru's notorious traffic congestion.

Sharing her experience on the social media platform X, the Biocon Limited founder expressed surprise at the efficiency of the metro journey and praised the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation for providing a "great ride."

Shaw was accompanied by her friend Jennifer Erich, whom she referred to as the "Iron Lady at Exxon Mobil." Erich, according to her LinkedIn profile, holds the position of Geoscience Manager at Exxon Mobil's Bengaluru Technology Centre."Took the purple line from Whitefield to Vidhana with m...