Torrential rains expose infrastructure woes in India's Silicon Valley

Flooding vividly highlights worries over Bengaluru's breakneck growth

20220909 Waterlogged road in Bengaluru

Traffic edges through a waterlogged road following torrential rains in Bengaluru, India. © Reuters

SAYAN CHAKRABORTY, Nikkei staff writer

BENGALURU -- Shourya Agarwal began the week with the sight of his Audi submerged in a flooded basement parking lot. "[That's] not the best way to start your Monday," the founder of technology startup Flam said with more than a dash of understatement.

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