‘2,052 encroachments cleared’: Bengaluru civic body BBMP tells Karnataka HC | Bengaluru

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has knowledgeable the Excessive Courtroom of Karnataka that 2,052 encroachments on storm water drains (SWDs) have been eliminated to this point. The HC bench headed by Performing Chief Justice Alok Aradhe was listening to a petition by ‘Residents Motion Group’ and others on Wednesday.

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The Bengaluru civic physique’s Chief Engineer (SWDs) M Lokesh introduced the action-taken report on the problem earlier than the Excessive Courtroom.

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The report said that 2,666 encroachments on SWDs (‘Rajakaluves’) have been recognized out of which 2,052 have been eliminated by October 11. Out of the remaining 614 encroachments, 110 points have been in varied courts.

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A complete of 504 encroachments have been but to be cleared. Advocate G R Mohan argued that encroachments made by massive builders and influential politicians weren’t cleared by the authorities.

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In the course of the listening to the HC was knowledgeable by the BBMP’s counsel that fifty per cent of the encroachments on the Begur lake has been cleared.

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The HC directed that an motion taken report on the Begur lake encroachments must be filed earlier than October 14.