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Written By rs - 8 July, 2009
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Hi
I read today that the Mysore Lamps Factory Land on 8th Main Malleswaram is to be converted in to new government office space.
www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_mysore-lamps-land-to-house-government-office_1272158
Does anyone know if its possible to fight this and get the land converted to a park, for example ? There is no park space in this Malleswaram and this would be an ideal location as it will benefit residents of Malleswaram as well as residents of Rajajinagar, Yeshwantpur etc. Ideally they could develop this as a park as well as develop a nice trail along the railway line.
Building office space for government offices will completely destroy the neigborhood as it is essentially a residential neighborhood. There are also going to be a lot more residents in the area thanks to the massive Brigade Gateway and related projects.
Does anyone know what to do in order to attempt to have this done ?
Ramesh
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blrsri - 9 July, 2009 - 08:01
can be park and the rest can be govt offices..say 20% can be alloted to govt offices and rest 80 % be the park..
The metro station is less than 100 mts away and so the FAR can exceed limitation of 4 floors there..let them have 10 floors with adequate basement parking..
Its good to have govt offices in parks cos they put extra effort to keep the park neat and tidy
.. also ppl use parks in mornings or evenings when the govt offices are closed!
rs - 10 July, 2009 - 19:17
Hi
I wrote emails to
eemal@bmponline.org,
and
commissioner@bmponline.org
The eemal ( executive engineer malleswaram ) email bounced back immediately - apparently his mailbox is full. The email to the commissioner went but there was no response. I've written several times to eemal - regarding encroachment of footpaths by builders. In fact I even handed in a physical letter. Nothing has come out of that, so I'm not too optimistic about his help. The commisioner seems like a good chap - but I guess his hands are quite full.
What is an RWA ? I'm guessing Residents Welfare Association ? I guess Malleswaram Swabhimana Initiative is one of them - and the person I emailed seemed quite interested in doing something - so maybe something might come out of it.
Ramesh
rs - 10 July, 2009 - 09:40
Hi
I think joint usage as a park + govt office will not work as they will deny entry on grounds of `secrurity' etc. But perhaps some sports facilities can be built there.
Anyway, I have no idea how to go about doing anything about this - all I can do is send emails to various organizations in the hope that someone will help me. It seems like everyone is in support of such a thing but no one knows what to do - though I think that is the situation with all the solutions to Bangalore's problems. I was wondering if any one out there has had some experience in this matter and knew what one could try to do.
I did contact Malleswaram Swabhimana Initiative and they said they would help by petitioning the local MLA so lets see what happens. Recently there was a park in Malleswaram which was to be converted to a hall by the BBMP - they were leasing out the land to someone else - but it was saved by the timely intervention of the residents and Mr. Ashwath Narayan, who was the former MLA.
Ramesh
Is real estate the Mantra? Create Carbon sink in this part..
Vasanthkumar Mysoremath - 10 July, 2009 - 15:57
If one looks at the topography of this area, one can find that a huge carbon spewing urban monstro-city mega housing complex has come up between Metro and 8th Main of Malleswaram. Enough greenery that was existing has been removed and it does not augur well for the city's environs.
It is therefore, imperative that this stretch of land housing the Mysore Lamp Works with its good greenery around may be developed as carbon sink to offset the carbon footprint of the mega structure nearby.
It is better for the Government to have a sense of responsibility with regard to climate change and its global repurcussions and not to embark on creating carbon footprints in the name of constructing huge monstrous buildings for housing the so called government offices that are scattered and in any case not rendering the required services to the people.
Lot of space under occupation of Government buildings is being wasted in the existing government offices to dump records/old vehicles in the compounds (State Excise office in Nrupathunga Road etc, is an example).
Every action that is being initiated appears to be directed towards construction activities for spending huge moneys in the name of development.
Many public sector undertakings today are in occupation of very valuable real estate. Karnataka Implements and Manufacturing Co. Ltd., (under BHEL now) Karnataka Vidyut Karkhane Ltd on Mysore Road, NGEF land in Byappanahalli, Mysore Lamp Works in Malleswaram and tomorrow it may be Soap Factory in Yeswantapur area
- Of these, NGEF is a gone case - Are the others being forced to become sick and become cases for Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction (BIFR) for gobbling up eventually?
- Vasanth Mysoremath
murali772 - 9 July, 2009 - 07:32
More government offices - whatever for? All economists of any standing are unanimous that less government is the way forward.
A good park at the location should indeed be the first choice.
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