Calm after IT storm: Some candid quotes

Calm after IT storm: Some candid quotes

Another day of the year, another annual IT event on the horizon and another meeting to please the IT industry. The industry only hopes it doesn’t have to vent frustration over infrastructure yet again. In what can be termed a important day for the city’s infrastructure growth, The Times of India captures the mood of several stakeholders.

At closed-door meeting

Ban trucks:

Banning truck traffic for certain hours is very important. Please take a stand on this. Because of heavy movement of trucks in Electronic City during peak hours, our employees have to travel for one-and-a-half hours to office. If our employees’ patience runs out, it will be an ugly situation. — N R Narayana Murthy, chief mentor, Infosys Technologies.

Where are we harassing?

We have expressed certain statements about the Mahishi report. I understand the difficulties in implementing it. But have you got any notice from the industries or IT department about implementing the report? On the other hand, I have sent notices to 170 other manufacturing units. But you say the government is harassing IT-BT industries.
Where are we harassing you?
— P G R Sindhia, industries minister .

Ringside view

Long-term view is a must:

The last person holding the baton in the relay may not necessarily be the problem. The government must look at infrastructure with longterm perspective so that successive governments can carry it forward. The government should set clear goals. Flyovers solve only intersection problems; it should look at doubledecker roads. I urge the government to look beyond its term to solve infrastructure issues because they will only worsen. Since it is just one of the runners in the relay, a long-term view is most essential. — Phaneesh Murthy, CEO, iGate Global Solutions

Outcome should be positive:

The meeting with the chief minister was good. There was a lot of seriousness in it. I think something will come of it. We would also like the government to advise civic bodies to focus on maintenance of city infrastructure, which is badly neglected, especially the roads. — Anant Koppar, president of BCIC.