Proper-wing organisation Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has approached the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to cease the alleged unlawful development of a mosque beneath the high-tension electrical line of the Karnataka Energy Transmission Company Restricted (KPTCL) in AECS Format – A Block in Singasandra in Bengaluru.
In keeping with the HJS, the development in that space violates the foundations laid down by the Karnataka Electrical energy Regulatory Fee, as it’s proper beneath the KPTCL high-tension electrical line.
A video of a constructing beneath the high-tension line within the space, alleged to be a mosque, has additionally surfaced on numerous social media platforms.
The appropriate-wing group alleged that even after repeated complaints by residents to the civic physique, the BBMP is but to take motion concerning the difficulty.
“It’s stunning to notice that no effort has been made to cease the development to date even after locals have registered a number of complaints concerning this. Would the civic physique have responded in the identical manner if the unlawful work was finished by somebody from the Hindu neighborhood?” the letter submitted to the BBMP learn.
“Why is the civic physique being silent concerning the unlawful development by one other neighborhood? All of the Hindu teams demand that the BBMP ought to take this matter critically, probe it and cease the development of the unlawful mosque. If not, we can have no different different however to take the struggle to the Excessive Courtroom,” the letter additional learn.
The convenor of the right-wing outfit, Mohan Gowda, expressed outrage and demanded solutions from the civic physique concerning this concern.
Gowda mentioned that the KPTCL couldn’t perform work beneath the high-tension electrical line. Nonetheless, a mosque is being constructed illegally in Singasandra close to Digital Metropolis beneath the BBMP, he mentioned, including that it’s not protected to hold out any work beneath the high-tension line.
“Hindu temples are instantly demolished in case of any violation. Sadly, no motion has been taken though the constructions of different religions are constructed illegally. The state authorities ought to take this critically and take quick motion,” Gowda mentioned.
In the meantime, BBMP chief commissioner Tushar Girinath mentioned that the civic physique didn’t grant any permission to construct the construction within the space.
“No work will be finished beneath the KPTCL high-tension line even when the land is owned by any non-public particular person or organisation. Whether it is constructed in violation of the foundations, a legal case will be registered. We now have not permitted the constructing which is being constructed now. We now have guidelines to not construct it. We are going to inform the proprietor concerning the demolition and would take the required motion,” Girinath mentioned.