Bangalore: Despite opposition, the BDA appears keen to gain 2,000 acres of land beyond Yelahanka and Whitefield for its new residential development.
To achieve this goal, the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) has asked Bangalore Electricity Supply Corporation Limited (Bescom) not to supply electrical connections to buildings in lucrative sites.
In a letter dated February 20, BDA Commissioner N Jayaram informed the CEO of Bescom that his company is interested in expanding Dr. K Shivaram Karanth’s assignment to 36 villages in North and Outer Bengaluru.
“During the investigation, it was observed that new structural activities are being positioned in the homes that have been known for acquisition. This will be an impediment to our new project. Therefore, please do not provide civic services to housing that arrives without the approval of the planning authority or to sites that are not approved by the Ministry of Finance,” reads a rough translation of the letter, written in Kannada.
It also emerged that the BDA, the authority that prepares the plans, has stopped issuing sanctioned plans or approving new structural activities, whether residential or commercial, in the 36 villages.
Many say the BDA’s letter is illegal and contrary to constitutional rights. The letter comes as the government has yet to notify the acquisition of 2,000 acres. “The BDA is taking away the rights of landowners by denying civic services to 36 villagers,” Mavalipura said. Srinivas, local resident and social activist.
Srinivas has also lodged a complaint with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over his intervention to withdraw the plan to gain more villages when the BDA is unable to compensate farmers who had already parted ways for the Karanth route.
He also said that the BDA sought permission from the government before beginning the procedure of acquiring the land. “Many of the villages marked for the new direction fall under the green zone and are also in the Thippagondanahalli reservoir, from where water is drawn. “to the city,” Srinivas said.
He said the BDA does not have the authority to ask other agencies to prevent it from providing civic services.
In a March 13 article, DH had discussed the BDA’s plan to create a new 2,000-acre address beyond Whitefield and Yelahanka.
The villages planned for acquisition are Bellahalli, Kannur, Bidarahalli, Amani Doddakere, Kannamangala, Kadugodi and Bylakere in the east, as well as Soladevanahalli, Chikkabanavara, Kempapura, Avalahalli, Mavallipura and JB Kaval, Mylappanahalli in the north.
The BDA trained three groups of 22 surveyors to assess the land in the villages and understand the extent of land that can be acquired.