After 70-Hours Call, Murthy Now Calls For 3-Shifts In Infra Sector

Infosys Founder NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday said the governments needed to complete infrastructure projects on priority and that work in the industry should be done in three shifts instead of one. He said in other nations that have high aspirations, people work two shifts. For infrastructure, the Infosys founder said the government needs to improve infra with a sense of alacrity. He cited the examples of metro construction in Bengaluru, which he thinks was going on at a slow pace. He said the construction of Bengaluru's Electronic City metro, and metro for other parts should be taken on priority. "People in those infrastructure industries must work three shifts, they should not work just one shift...come at 11 am and then go at 5 pm. At least on the Electronic City road, that is what I see, I may be completely wrong," Murthy said. "But in other nations that have high aspirations people work two shifts. I would return around midnight (when abroad), and I have seen people working as if they are going to disappear tomorrow morning. I cannot vouch for three shifts, but I can definitely vouch for two shifts." "We want to be better than all those countries. Why don't we say our people - work three shifts? Ask them what are their requirements to complete the stretch by their workers in three shifts - provide that. If we do that, I have no doubt that why India cannot grow faster than China," said the tech titan, whose previous comments on longer work hours had divided India Inc.