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Written By Sanjeev - 4 November, 2010
Bangalore CDP governance byelaws urban development Complaint Mantri Mall
Mantri Mall builder violated building by-laws’Mantri Mall builder violated building by-laws’
the builder should have left at least 10 per cent of the total land for gardens as per the terms and conditions. Besides, a 16-metre space should have been left in front of the building as per the sanctioned plan, but it has left merely 8-metres space.
The logic given for not leaving the space was that the builder has agreed to build a 60-ft wide road on the other side of the building, Nagaraj said.
Footpath maintenance
As per the original plan, the developer should have left 16 m space around.
“However, BBMP officials, in collusion with Mantri, reduced it to 8 m. The justification was that the developer would lay the 60-ft road,” Mr. Nagaraj said. They also reneged on the promise to maintain the footpaths around the mall.
On October 30, the Chief Engineer, West Zone, had recommended that the Occupancy Certificate issued to Mantri Developers in February be withdrawn as they had failed to act on preconditions.
The developer had not sought permission from the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and had not left 10 per cent of the property vacant as specified under the building bye-laws, for which the BBMP had levied a Rs. 34.82-crore fine. “Though the developer has not yet paid the fine, the plan was approved.”
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/110217/mantri-mall-builder-violated-building.html
http://www.hindu.com/2010/11/04/stories/2010110462820600.htm
When this very clear issue of violation and causing major traffic problems, why citizens should suffer and why Mantri Mall should allowed to coninue like this.
When Adarsha Society Mumbai OC was invokd with water & power supply cut off, same yard stick should apply to the Mantri Mall. If things are allowed like this, day will come where Vidhana Soudha / Cubbon Park / Lalbagh to be shifted to help some real estate developer to put up his project .
Is it so much needed to have such big Mall at Malleshwaram, without this we can have comfortable place. Let them put up even bigger Mall in biger area may be near BIAL AIrport or on Mysore road, why it has to be only at Malleshwaram congested area.
Hope our BBMP & Pollution control board invokes the OC and set an example to other Builders.
COMMENTS
silkboard - 4 November, 2010 - 13:24
ITs a much larger mess. Why do we believe in going after only the big visible guys? Why not every other house that eats mandatory setback to build extra room, or car garage? Why not every other wedding hall that doesn't have required parking? Why not every other small business that eats onto footpaths?
Seeds of what you see with Mantri mall and Adarsha society are sown at these much smaller day to day violations. Why do we all take this approach of pointing out only the big names?
back to real world, where is Akrama sakrama?
silkboard - 4 November, 2010 - 13:25
To climb down from the rhetoric, into the real world, what is the status of Akrama Sakrama bill right now? Governor returned it, and then we got into the horse-trading season, what happened to this long pending bill?
idontspam - 4 November, 2010 - 15:08
What will a mall do with gardens? They are better off building that 60ft road & parking lot instead. The compromise is a good one IMO. If we needed a garden we should have made the whole place a garden. I feel reneging on maintaining the roads & sidewalks around the mall is criminal and should be punishable by law. There is absolutely no traffic management planned around that place.
Naveen - 4 November, 2010 - 15:09
Agree with what SB says - almost every other house is in violation of bye-laws. The most visible violations are the ones that are being reported in newspapers & earn the ire of the public, whereas the mass of violators in every street remain unexposed & keep pointing fingers at these larger fish.
I don't agree with Akrama Sakrama either. As mentioned before, as long as buildings (including houses) remain in violation of bye-laws, they have to keep paying annual penalties. Regularization of violations should never ever be permitted. No court nor any legal body ever can accept them as legal if one-time penalty payments are paid. BBMP is trying to fool everybody with Akrama Sakrama because they want to raise some money.
Instead of Akrama Sakrama, BBMP should spend it's energies & resources on charting out all cases of violations for hiking up annual taxes through additional recurring penalties. This is the only logical solution - all those building owners in violation of bye-laws will eventually get tired of making exorbitant payments & will re-model or demolish construction over setbacks & fall in line.
Govt & the BBMP do not have the guts to go ahead with this because the majority of the public are themselves violators & will protest no end if property taxes are hiked up with penalties. We continue to remain a nation of people that keep getting around the law anytime & everytime!
idontspam - 6 November, 2010 - 02:14
Can we do some violation and give alternate land to BBMP?
Yes if you are building a public structure not a private one and the alternate comes from the same area also is of benefit to the public.
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