In this photograph taken on October 22, 2025, a food delivery rider for Zomato dodges potholes along a street in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on October 22, 2025, pedestrians walk across a street riddled with potholes in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on October 17, 2025, BS Prahallad, technical director of the government-backed Bengaluru Smart Infrastructure Limited (B-SMILE) shows a utility map of an underground vehicular tunnel project during an interview with AFP at the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) office in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on November 7, 2025, a child stands near a footpath strewn with garbage at the under construction Panathur Railway Station Road in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on November 6, 2025, Manas Das, Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA) president works at his office in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on October 15, 2025, people commute through traffic in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on October 24, 2025, RK Misra, entrepreneur and co-founder of a multimillion-dollar start-up speaks during an interview with AFP in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS

In this photograph taken on November 12, 2025, a woman rides past a burning garbage dump formed by littering near a residential area in Bengaluru. Home to nearly 12 million people and state capital of Karnataka, Bengaluru is the "Silicon Valley" of the world's fifth biggest economy -- hosting thousands of start-ups, outsourcing firms, and global tech giants from Google to Microsoft. Yet its flagship Outer Ring Road (ORR) business district is clogged with traffic, pocked with potholes, and often flooded during the monsoon. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via Getty Images) / TO GO WITH 'India-Politics-Technology-Environment' FOCUS