Bengaluru water crisis: Calls for work from home, online classes until monsoon grow louder
Siddaramaiah has received several requests via social media to make work from home mandatory for IT companies in the Silicon Valley. The CM was also requested to allow schools to function online. Residents of Bengaluru, and different resident groups have said that if the online work model worked during Covid-19, it will work during water crisis too.
"It's high time," said Bengaluru Weather Man (@Bnglrweatherman) on X (formerly Twitter) tagging Siddaramaiah. "With sizzling hot days and severe water crisis prevailing in Bengaluru city and no major rains in sight as of now for the month, it's high time that government of Karnataka considers work from home option till the monsoon begins," the group of weather enthusiasts in the city wrote. Highlighting that the work from home mandate will allow several residents to move back to their native towns, Bangaloreans on social media said that it will help in reducing the demand for water in the city.
"Water crisis - online classes and work from home? If students and employees are allowed to work from home, many will go back to their hometowns, reducing pressure on city!" Citizens' Agenda for Bengaluru (@BengaluruAgenda) wrote. While Amit Chaudhury (@mrGlassHfEmpty) said, "I believe it is imperative that the government suggest work from home for all companies which can or have been doing it in the Covid era. This will lighten the load on the city.
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