The Times of India 26.07.2012
Mysore City Corporation steps in to stop work near lake
MYSORE: The Mysore City
Corporation (MCC), which had maintained that it had no details on the
controversial under-construction building near Kukkarahalli Lake, has
finally ordered for the project to be stopped.
The Karnataka
Housing Board, which had taken up the project for building a hostel for
the department of backward classes and minorities, has been directed to
stop the construction saying the land was meant to be an open space.
Former MUDA chairperson C Basavegowda has alleged that the building was
being constructed violating the comprehensive development plan (CDP)
devised by the urban body which had marked it as an open space.
Ordering the KHB to stop the work, assistant commissioner (zone 3) K
Govindappa, said the KHB had also not sought permission to construct the
building.
Basavegowda, who had earlier threatened to organize
residents into a massive protest rally, has now postponed it following
the assurance given by the MCC. MCC town planning joint director Chowdegowda told TOI that the plot has been declared as an open space.
As per the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961, only 5% of
construction is allowed in parks and open spaces. And as per building
bylaw of the MCC, only public utility buildings can be constructed in
such places. He said they have not given licence for construction of any
other building in the area.
