The Hindu 06.10.2010
Clean up vacant plots or else, BBMP tells property owners
Staff Reporter
HAZARD TO ALL:Negligent property owners will have to cough up fines three times the cost the civic body incurs for the clean up.
BANGALORE: The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has directed owners of vacant sites in Yelahanka coming under its jurisdiction to clean up their plots within a fortnight's time or face action.
The warning comes in the wake of an inspection carried out by BBMP health officials in areas around Yelahanka here on Tuesday where the officials noticed that vacant plots were ill-maintained.
In a release, the BBMP said that on failing to meet the deadline, owners of sites which are not cleared will have to cough up as fine thrice the amount of maintenance costs that the palike incurs after its workers carry out the work.
“Ill-maintained vacant sites are breeding grounds for mosquitoes, snakes and weeds such as parthenium. They also become dumping grounds for garbage,” said a BBMP health official.
Meanwhile, a cleaning drive was undertaken by palike workers on Monday in areas around HAL Airport, A. Narayanapura, K.R. Puram and Mahadevpura.
BBMP Commissioner Siddaiah will carry out informed inspections every Friday covering two or three roads to interact with residents and know their problems. .
Mayor S.K. Nataraj and Commissioner Siddaiah visited K.R. Market on Tuesday to explore the possibility of setting up a wet waste segregation and processing unit on the premises.
