Bengaluru’s 2024 water shock exposed the vulnerability of its major work districts — Outer Ring Road (ORR), Whitefield/ITPL and North Bengaluru (Hebbal–Devanahalli) — to a mix of failing supply coverage, plummeting groundwater yields, and a fragile, tanker-dependent stopgap economy. The crisis demonstrated that office continuity, employee welfare and commercial real-estate valuation now hinge on...
