Bengaluru billionaire Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ditched her luxurious autos for a trip on town’s metro this Tuesday, opting to journey through the Namma Metro purple line to flee Bengaluru’s infamous site visitors congestion.
Sharing her expertise on the social media platform X, the Biocon Restricted founder expressed shock on the effectivity of the metro journey and praised the Bangalore Metro Rail Company for offering a “nice trip.”
Shaw was accompanied by her pal Jennifer Erich, whom she known as the “Iron Woman at Exxon Mobil.” Erich, in accordance with her LinkedIn profile, holds the place of Geoscience Supervisor at Exxon Mobil’s Bengaluru Know-how Centre.
“Took the purple line from Whitefield to Vidhana with my Namma Metro pal Jennifer Erich, the Iron Woman of Exxon Mobil. Such a fast method to keep away from site visitors. Nice trip. Thanks BMRCL,” Mazumdar-Shaw wrote on X.
Jennifer Erich responded to the put up by saying she was completely satisfied to have launched Namma Metro to Shaw.
“So completely satisfied to be your Metro Mentor!! Thanks a lot for becoming a member of me at my workplace at present,” she replied.
On-line audiences expressed robust appreciation for Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s humble and relatable gesture. “Nice to see well-known personalities doing this and sharing – essential to have extra folks take public transport,” wrote one particular person. “When the prosperous, influential, and elite embrace public transport, it catalyzes systemic funding and conjures up emulation among the many plenty, dismantling car-centric aspirations and heralding a shift towards sustainable city mobility,” one other mentioned.
What’s Namma Metro?
Namma Metro, generally known as Bengaluru Metro, is the speedy transit community serving Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka. The system is managed by the Bangalore Metro Rail Company Restricted (BMRCL), a partnership between the Authorities of India and the Authorities of Karnataka.
At the moment, Namma Metro operates two strains: the purple line and the inexperienced line.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw just isn’t the primary billionaire to go for public transport. In 2023, actual property tycoon Niranjan Hiranandani took a Mumbai native prepare to “save time and beat the site visitors.”
