Bengaluru Rains: Wipro office in Bengaluru’s Sarja Road was submerged completely in flood water as torrential rains continued to batter the ‘Silicon Valley’ of India. Several pictures and videos of the IT company covered underwater have been doing rounds on social media. While netizens didn’t waste much time churning out some hilarious jokes, a section of people appealed to the authorities concerned to take concrete steps to resolve the waterlogging issue that has gripped the IT city. Taking potshots at the situation, a Twitter user said that coding is not good enough to get a job in Bengaluru, one also needs to know swimming.
Coding is not enough to get a job in Bangalore. You also need to know swimming@peakbengaluru pic.twitter.com/LTCRRss0S0
— Nikit Bhandari (@NikitBhandari) September 5, 2022
Former Infosys director Mohandas Pai said Bengaluru might be the only tech hub globally where developers tasked with building apps aimed at 10-minute delivery travel two hours to get to work.
Netizens Start Meme After After Bengaluru’s Wipro Office Submerged in Water: Check Out Some of The Tweets
Wipro and Infosys built offices on lake beds, flaunted civic rules got records changed in books due to theirmoney influence .Even now are unable to stop sewage water entering lakes & talkabout philantrophy just for getting tax breaks .This was bound to happen.Worst is yet to come
— PankajGupta (@pankajgupta8888) September 5, 2022
Wipro 🤔 Donno whether its rain water or employees’ tears 🤔
— JDSP (@jdsp1978) September 6, 2022
All this building 🏢 are made above lakes and fields …. Water will go there only
— ट्रोलमास्टर Ashu (@Ashu18322057) September 6, 2022
Owing to heavy rains, IT major Wipro has advised its employees to work from home today. “Due to heavy rainfall in Bangalore, employees have been advised to work from home today. Business continuity plans have been invoked and there has been no disruption to business,” the company said.
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