"Bangalore Infrastructure Problems" Public Unlimited

One keeps hearing so much about Bangalore's “Infrastructure” problems that it has it is better to rename the city to Bangalore Infrastructure Problem itself. Much is written, spoken and debated about in all forms of media. The government, the bureaucrats, police, developmental authorities are all blamed, labelled incompetent, corrupt, In short no one is spared. All the parties accused play a blame game, Issue promises, set deadlines and promptly break them. These days all the outside world hears about Bangalore is stories of incomplete fly-overs, pothole ridden roads, power problems, exorbitant and spiralling real estate prices, water shortage, In a nut shell every conceivable urban problem in the universe and from the rise of civilisation is present here.
The truth about Bangalore problems are that they are all too real. The rapid rate of development the city has witnessed in the last 2 decades is probably more that of all the years of existence put together. Areas which were considered back of beyond and unheard of until recently have now become very much part of the urban fabric. From a 1 Million population in the 60's to over 6 Million (Bulk of it being floating population) currently that too bulk of the population being added in the last 1-1 ½ decades has been dramatic. From being the hub of a hand full of Public sector and private manufacturing company units to the status of a Information Technology sector hub has been a dramatic transformation. From limited employment opportunities to abundance of lucrative employment and lack of manpower, Bangalore has come a long way in such a short time. Time too short for any normal paced governing authority or bureaucrat to react effectively. The actual issue here is that no one planned nor could have planned for the city to become what it has become today. The problems seem to be slowly sorting itself out the same way it came about in the first place. All of us are just spectators commenting and not doing anything to mitigate the scene.
In a nutshell, the adage "Success has many fathers, A failure is a orphan" seems to hold good. Bangalore never had any visionaries, planners or supportors, just a bunch of greedy people like builders, developers and realtors who are out to make a quick buck come what may, Small minded administrators and politicians who want credit but not responsibilities, A large floating population including people like me who are there on account of good oppertunities at present and will migrate if things turn non-condusive to success.