‘Come To Vizag’: Andhra Pradesh Minister’s Offer To BlackBuck After Bengaluru Exit | India News

Last Updated:September 17, 2025, 19:34 IST

Rajesh Yabaji announced BlackBuck will leave Bellandur due to poor infrastructure, prompting Nara Lokesh to invite the firm to Visakhapatnam.

Andhra Pradesh minister Nara Lokesh. (File)

As BlackBuck’s co-founder Rajesh Yabaji announced to move out the logistics firm from Bengaluru, Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh offered the former to relocate its operations to Visakhapatnam.

Responding to BlackBuck CEO’s announcement, Lokesh said, “Hi Rajesh, can I interest you in relocating your company to Vizag? We are rated among top 5 cleanest cities in India, are building best-in-class infra, and have been rated the safest city for women. Please send me a DM.”

The online trucking platform CEO and co-founder on Tuesday announced that through a social media post that the company has decided to move out of its current location at Bellandur on Bengaluru’s Outer Ring Road (ORR), citing “worsening infrastructure and commute issues” in the metropolis.

The ORR, which is one of the IT corridors in the city, often witnesses traffic congestion.

“ORR (Bellandur) has been our “office + home” for the last 9 years. But it’s now very-very hard to continue here. We have decided to move out,” Yabaji said in a post on ‘X’.

Yabaji said that the average commute for his colleagues was more than one and half hours one way. The roads are riddled with potholes and dust, “with little intent to fix them” he said, adding he didn’t expect it to change in the next five years.

An X thread that went viral captured the mood of many residents. Yogesh (@Spartacus_Tweet) called the property rates in Bellandur “massively overvalued,” comparing builders’ asking prices to “Chicago and Dubai for the infrastructure of Somalia.”

As the comments spread widely online, many users seized upon them to criticise Bengaluru’s civic conditions. BlackBuck later clarified that while it would vacate its Bellandur premises, it had no plans to leave the city.

“We are just moving out of the Bellandur location, not out of Bengaluru. No question of moving out of the city. We are looking for an alternative option in Bengaluru,” the company said in a statement.

Shobhit Gupta

Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More

Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More

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