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Written By srinidhi - 9 August, 2016
Bangalore urban development Action Lake Bellandur Lake encroachments
Finally we need a crisis of sorts to get the govt machinery started and the CM talking tough about illegal encroachments onto lake areas. Everyone has abused the lakes systems in the worst possible way. So course corrections are necessary and a must!
SOme right vibes coming out from the opposition too, where BJP has asked to go behind the big players too, citing as below:
75 per cent of the city’s lakebeds and storm water drains had been encroached upon by over 600 construction companies, 150-odd IT/BT companies, 29 tech parks, 30 malls & multiplexes.
Lets take the Bellanduru lake, the largest in the city as an example.
Below are pictures of the area around it in phases:
2005:
2010:
and now today:
As it can be seen, the likes of Prestige Tech Park are plomb in the middle of the Raja Kaluve.
Lets see how much muscle the govt has to act on such big players!!
COMMENTS
blrpraj - 9 August, 2016 - 20:54
I didn't realize this post was ther about lakes and their destruction. This topic though ties in with another blog post that i started yesterday about flood control infrastrcure (lack of it in Bangalore) -
srinidhi - 10 August, 2016 - 09:11
Here is a superimposed map of the area around Bellanduru lake
As can be seen the Prestige tech park is in the valley area which is actually supposed to be protected.
The above map(not 'legal') can be checked on:
http://www.clearvalue.in/cdp/cdpMap.html?Loc=BlrEast#
Remains to be seen what action will be taken..
encroachers & land grabbers same?
srinidhi - 9 August, 2016 - 13:26
First, we should differentiate between encroachers and land-grabbers. Encroachers are just the unauthorised occupants of government land without having titles or government documents to claim their right on the land. They cannot sell it either. So such lands can be cleared any time.
Land-grabbing is a criminal offence as fictitious documents are created to claim rights, and the land is sold to innocent people. The connivance of government officials in such acts is certain. This is the more serious and dangerous issue and the government should punish them mercilessly.
These were words from AT Ramaswamy, who like others, made a very good report on the crime being done day in day out, wiping out lakes in the city..again govt. took no action on the report..
Its high time to take charge and bring some order!
Lets see some criminal charges being dished out!!
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