The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in India being responsible for a population of 6.8 million in an area of 741 km2. In view of monitoring COVID-19 cases and fighting effectively, local Karnataka Government and BBMP took an early initiative and decided to set-up the war room to help health offcials to monitor this situation. This war room was the first control and command center for COVID-19 crisis management in all of India. This idea was given by the Commissioner to Government and approved on war footing basis, given a deadline of 48 hours to inaugurate this new facility with full functioning Network Operations Center.

