Bengaluru ,Home to major IT Giants have been flooded with water everywhere .Companies have asked their employees to start working from home ,until the situation improves in the city.
Wipro and TCS said they are closely monitoring the situation, Mindtree and Flipkart said their employees are working from home till September 9. Many IT companies are slowly calling their employees back to the office and with the recent flooding, work from home is back for the majority of companies and start-ups.
Many start-up founders took to Twitter and spoke about their struggles in the past two days. Jitendra Gupta, founder of fintech start-up Jupiter said, "How do we call this city liveable by any standard? Absolutely no infra in the city. Still a village!"
Unacademy CEO Gaurav Munjal said his family and pet have been evacuated on a tractor from their society that has been submerged.Of the other parts, Outer Ring Road, Sarjapura Road and Bellandur are the worst affected and these areas are home to numerous start-ups and IT companies. Outer Ring Road Companies Association (ORRCA), which represents companies on the ORR stretch, estimates that over half a million professionals are employed along the ORR. Also, ORR IT generates revenue of $22 billion per annum, which is 32% of Bengaluru's revenue.
Many start-ups said they are now working from home but power disruption is quite a big issue. Kaustubh Padakannaya, co-founder of Pyse, a fintech start-up said the disordered infrastructure in the city is causing troubles for commuters but teams working for start-ups are equipped to go remote and they function with little to no disruption.