Bengaluru, Sept. 25 -- Wipro has declined a request from Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to allow limited public vehicular movement through its Bengaluru campus, a measure proposed to ease traffic congestion on the Outer Ring Road (ORR).
In his response today, Wipro founder Azim Premji highlighted the legal, governance, and statutory challenges involved, stressing that "the Sarjapur campus is private property and part of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) providing services to global clients."He noted that contractual obligations mandate strict access control, adding that allowing public vehicles through the campus would not provide a sustainable or long-term solution to Bengaluru's traffic issues.
Premji acknowledged the urgency of addr...