Deccan Herald 27.12.2013
3,000 luckiest get BDA flats through lottery
Shekhar B K, who works at a puncture shop in KR
Puram, always wanted his own home, and now his dream has come true. He
is a proud owner of a one-bedroom BDA flat in Valagerahalli.
“I
have finally got a place of my own. I am not well-educated, I will
ensure that all the money which I used to spend on rent every month,
will now be utilised in the education of my two sons. I am happy I have
got a flat in my first attempt itself,” Shekhar said.
He paid Rs
34,500 as initial deposit for the flat and will now have to pay the rest
of the amount, Rs 8.2 lakh in eight instalments.
true after eight years. The physically challenged woman had first
applied for a site in 2011, but was unsuccessful. She then applied for a
two-bedroom house in Nandini Layout and got it. She paid an initial
deposit of Rs 93,750 and has been told that the flat costs Rs 12 lakh.
As
many as 3,000 people were given flats at the BDA head office on
Thursday, through the first-ever lottery system, introduced by the
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for allotment of flats. The
process of allotting flats through lottery was inaugurated by Chief
Minister Siddaramaiah. He also launched Drushti software, which provides
spatial database and infrastructure details.
BDA Commissioner T
Sham Bhat said that as many as 1,806 one-BHK, 962 two-BHK and 506
three-BHK flats were given. The notifications were made for the flats.
Those who had applied in the first notification have already got flats –
640 in Valagerahalli and 168 in Nandini Layout. The rest were awarded
on Thursday.
He said those who applied in the second notification
got flats on the first-come first-served basis and in the lottery; and
flat numbers were issued to them. Applicants of the third notification
got flats through lottery system.
Further, those who were
unsuccessful to get flats in the lottery will be the preferred ones for
the next lottery, next year, along with fresh applicants.
Bhat
said that during the second notification, of the 466 people who had
applied for 2BHK homes, 443 have got them. In case of 3BHK, as many as
469 applied and 122 were given flats through lottery. In the third
notification, 1,306 applications were received for 2BHKs, of which 519
were given; and 758 applications were received for 3BHKs, of which 384
flats were provided through lottery.
