The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Tuesday carried out an anti-encroachment drive at SR Format in KR Puram and close to Sheelavanthakere lake in Mahadevapura in Bengaluru.
Close to Sheelavanthakere lake in Mahadevapura, the civic physique demolished a compound wall of 130 metres which was constructed over a stormwater drain (SWD). In SR Format at KR Puram, the compound partitions and stairs of two homes have been introduced down. “A two-storeyed constructing at SR Format whose wall has encroached the drain was additionally marked as an encroachment. Nevertheless, the home proprietor stated that they might clear it themselves. We now have requested them to clear the encroached space quickly,” a BBMP official stated.
After a niche throughout the festive week of Dasara, the BBMP resumed the anti-encroachment drive on October 10 by which unlawful encroachments on stormwater drains in Mahadevapura and KR Puram marked by the income division have been demolished.
A BBMP official stated, “On Monday, a slab over a drain close to Sheelavanthakere lake in Whitefield, a four-metre compound wall, and 4 sheds which encroached the drain have been additionally eliminated. In Kasavanahalli, we’ve got demolished three sheds.”
In KR Puram, BBMP officers demolished a 10-metre compound wall of an residence and the compound partitions of two homes.
Until September, the civic physique has cleared 94 encroachments from the stormwater drains.
The BBMP has been finishing up the encroachment eviction operations since September 5 after components of Bengaluru have been inundated owing to encroachments on stormwater drains.
On September 30, the Excessive Courtroom of Karnataka warned that if the encroachments weren’t cleared then the salaries of BBMP chief engineers can be withheld.
BBMP officers stated that although the demolition drive throughout the festive season was halted, the survey by the income division was underway, and based mostly on the survey encroachments have been recognized. “There isn’t any stress. The pageant was on and the survey was additionally underway. On Monday, the anti-encroachment drive resumed,” a BBMP official stated.