Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) authorities demolished more
than 40 temporary sheds which were allegedly put up on a civic amenity
(CA) site at Govindarajanagar on Tuesday.
The CA site located at
National Housing Co-operative Society Layout in Govindarajanagar ward is
spread over around one-and-a-half acre. Speaking to Express,
Councillor Mohan Kumar alleged that one Rajanna had put up more than 40
temporary sheds and rented them to many people.
There was a garage
and other shops. He was earning a rent of `1.5 lakh from these shops
every month. “We had approached the civil court which ordered to evict
those shops, three months ago. Inspite of the court’s direction, our
officials did not take any interest to evict them,” he alleged.
He
further said that he had brought it to BBMP Commissioner’s notice in
the Council meeting on July 31. The Commissioner had not only suspended
the concerned BBMP Executive Engineer, but insisted on the eviction of
illegal sheds within a week. But it was not done. “On Tuesday, Assistant
Executive Engineers of all the nine wards in Govindarajanagar
constituency, along with two police platoons, demolished those sheds,”
he said.
