Bengaluru’s experiments to fix governance deficit | In Focus Podcast

Bengaluru, grappling with a governance deficit and an infrastructure catch up for decades now, has been experimenting with restructuring its governance mechanisms, probably offering India a new model for mega city governance.The Karnataka Cabinet has recently decided to split the Bengaluru City Police Commissionerate into five commissionerates, reporting to a Chief Police Commissioner. This comes a year after Bengaluru’s civic body was split into five corporations with a pan city body called the Greater Bengaluru Authority.We have V. Ravichandar, member, BBMP Restructuring Committee, a government formed committee championing splitting of the civic body from 2015 and N. S. Megharik, former Bengaluru City Police Commissioner (2015-16), who was the first to propose a splitting of the commissionerate, to discuss these experiments.Host: Adhitya BharadwajCamera: Ravichandran NProducer: Shiksha JuralListen to more In Focus podcasts: Published - November 11, 2026 06:24 pm IST