Bangalore woos foreign capital for face-lift

Overcrowded and desperate for infrastructure improvements, city solicits investment, chides government lethargy.

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India and development (not!)

I have been to Bangalore, and this story cracks me up. The existing infrastructure sucks. Power outages throughout the day, paved roads that are more bumpy than dirt roads, corrupt govornment, and the general work ethics alone are all things that must change before they "upgrade" the city.

As with an OS, it makes more sense to me to do a "clean install" in a new undeveloped area of land rather than try to upgrade the existing city. It was poorly designed, and already busting at the seams. Adding more overhead roads is just going to make it even worse, and still doesn't fix the problems that already exist.

But, thats just my comments on the topic of the story. I could go into all the other comments related to it, but lets stick to the topic at hand.

[FusedAndCondazed]

India and development (not!)

I have been to Bangalore, and this story cracks me up. The existing infrastructure sucks. Power outages throughout the day, paved roads that are more bumpy than dirt roads, corrupt govornment, and the general work ethics alone are all things that must change before they "upgrade" the city.

As with an OS, it makes more sense to me to do a "clean install" in a new undeveloped area of land rather than try to upgrade the existing city. It was poorly designed, and already busting at the seams. Adding more overhead roads is just going to make it even worse, and still doesn't fix the problems that already exist.

But, thats just my comments on the topic of the story. I could go into all the other comments related to it, but lets stick to the topic at hand.