India, Sept. 26 -- Azim Premji, the Wipro founder chairman, has turned down Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah's request to allow limited vehicular movement through the company's campus in Bengaluru.

On September 19, Siddaramaiah had written to Azim Premji to explore "the possibility of allowing limited vehicular movement through the Wipro campus, subject to mutually agreed terms and necessary security considerations".

The chief minister added that preliminary assessments by traffic and urban mobility experts indicate that such a measure could reduce congestion on adjoining stretches of the ORR by nearly 30 per cent, particularly during peak office hours.

"Your support in this matter will go a long way in easing traffic bottlenecks,...