BBMP notice to Brigade Gateway for water canal encroachment

Source - DNA India

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palike has initiated action to ensure the natural flow of the Vrishabhavati Canal in Rajajinagar, after a two-member survey team reported that the storm water canal has been taken over by a prominent real estate firm.

The civic body has served a notice on Brigade Enterprise Private Limited, asking it to file details regarding the owner of property within seven days.

The survey team found that the builder had carried out construction in pieces of land owned by the BBMP and government, besides those belonging to private parties on Dr Rajkumar Road in Rajajinagar.

It was also found that the developed area, Brigade Gateway, has a building constructed on the storm water drain, blocking its natural flow. The canal has been allegedly diverted to a nearby residential area in Subramanyanagar.

The members of the BBMP standing committee for major works conducted the survey on December 5, 2010, under the leadership of its chairman H Ravindra.

After discrepancies were found in the inspection, the committee ordered a detail survey of the 40 acre where the building has been constructed. To facilitate the survey, the BBMP had dismantled a portion of the 15 feet compound wall of the property.