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BBMP scraps building plans of two highrises

Saturday, 30 November 2013 09:35 administrator
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Deccan Herald        30.11.2013

BBMP scraps building plans of two highrises

Two top builders in the City may face action for allegedly giving false information to the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike as well as the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

Hinting at initiating a criminal case against the two top builders, BBMP Commissioner M Lakshminarayana ordered scrapping the building plan of the multi-storeyed buildings coming up on Hebbal Road near the Parsi cremation ground in the City. The developers of the two projects allegedly gave false information about the longitude and the latitude of the building, in violation of the AAI regulations.

Raising this matter in the BBMP Council, Nagapura corporator S Harish said: “The builders showed at least 20 metres less than the actual latitude of the location only to increase the height of the structure by another 60 ft. This is a criminal offence given the fact that the Bengaluru International Airport is in the close proximity.”

He also accused the BBMP revenue officers of colluding with the builders and sanctioning the building plan. He said though the two builders did not pay a betterment charge of Rs four crore, the Palike officers issued khata. “The Palike engineers gave the building plan despite knowing that the betterment charges were not paid and the AAI's guidelines were flouted by the builders. A criminal case should be initiated against the builders, building plans should be scrapped and Khatha given for the property should be canceled,” said Harish.

Another builder in soup

The commissioner ordered scrapping the khata issued to a property on Lalbagh Road where a builder allegedly grabbed a public road while amalgamating some sites.

Jayamahal corporator M K Gunashekar asked: “How can an approach road be amalgamated and Khata is issued?” He said the building plan has also been sanctioned on this amalgamated site comprising the road.

The additional director of Town Planning Department of the BBMP, Chowde Gowda refuted the allegation but Gunashekar handed over all the relevant documents to the Mayor and the commissioner seeking an explanation and action against the Palike officer for ‘lying’ to the Council.