Ahead of Karnataka Assembly election, leaders discuss 'Garden to Garbage' city Bengaluru

One of the major problems affecting the upkeep of Bengaluru city is its shortcomings in governance, said renowned urban expert RK Misra. At the India Today Karnataka Panchayat 2018, he said the maintenance of Bengaluru should be its mayor's concern and not the Chief Minister's.

He said administrative responsibilities should be delegated among smaller corporations and the entire city required more civic bodies similar to the set up in Delhi.

At the 'Garden City to Garbage City' debate session, Mishra started off by soothing nerves after Congress spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa and Namma Bengaluru CEO Sridhar Pabbisetty criticised each other with Kalappa blaming the previous BJP government for leaving the city in the state that it is.