Against the backdrop of the perceived failure of the objectives of trifurcating the Delhi Municipal Corporation, it is worthwhile checking out a similar exercise involving multiple municipal corporations that is underway in Bengaluru. In late 2014, the Karnataka Chief Minister announced a decision to split the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) and setting up of a three-member Expert Committee to advise the government on it. The Committee felt the prime need was to reimagine the city’s governance and administration. The ‘patient’ was ‘diseased’ and splitting it into multiple parts without fixing the underlying. . .