Brand Bengaluru not diluted, but infra failure a wake-up call: Experts

Industry players said that only 20-30 per cent people were back in offices

Bengaluru has faced consecutive nights of relentless monsoon rains that have crippled transport and business operations on the city’s key Outer Ring Road (ORR), an area where big international firms such as Microsoft Corp, Intel Corp, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., and Morgan Stanley have offices.

Companies had to trigger emergency business continuity plans, allow work from home or pass on critical work to locations outside of Bengaluru, causing reputational damage and economic losses.

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