Athithi: tum kab jaaoge

We have been hearing a lot about the ‘Battle of Marathi manoos’ in our neighboring states. Shiv sena and MNS are battling it out for the rights of Marathi manoos. Their methods are being questioned. They have resorted to violence due to which the ‘Battle of Marathi manoos’ is getting a negative visibility.

Is this problem only in Mumbai or is this a common problem everywhere? This is a common problem in every metro. Every Indian wants a bite of a city that is a financial hub. Migration to me is the biggest challenge we are facing today. New Delhi has this problem, Hyderabad has this problem, Chennai has this problem and so does Bangalore.

Each city has its own way of dealing with this problem.

We at Bangalore have a unique way of dealing with this problem. We are handling it at the source. Few years ago people would want to come to Bangalore because of its wonderful weather. Bangalore was full of trees and its summers were not very hot. So we started cutting down the trees. For all those fanatics who talk about environment, we give the reason of infrastructure development. Today we are only left with less than 50% of the trees; add to that we have the highest number of polluting vehicles on the road. There is no way someone would want to come to Bangalore on the basis of weather now.

The second common reason for coming to Bangalore is job prospects. We have a hell lot of IT companies providing jobs. Their basic requirement is proper infrastructure. We promise them infrastructure and plan projects. But our projects move at a snails pace if they have not halted. We frustrate them so much that they consider moving out. Now no new company wants to come here due to poor infrastructure. No jobs, no migrants.

A lot of them I have spoken to have already decided to move to Hyderabad or go back to where they came from.

See, that’s the intelligent way of sending out unwanted migrants. What else can you expect from an intelligent IT city? We don’t have to create unnecessary ruckus like our dear neighbors.