Feedback from Brigade Group on drainage issue at Brigade Gateway

Source - Deccan Herald

The Brigade Group on Tuesday stated that it had not blocked any stormwater drain at any point of time during the construction of ''Brigade Gateway'' in Rajajinagar.

The Group was responding to allegations by a few members of the BBMP Standing Committee that the project was constructed on the drain. The Group said in a release that it had not noticed the existence of any such stormwater drain. “The land where Brigade Gateway project is coming up was originally allotted in 1950s by CITB - City Improvement Trust Board (now known as BDA) to the Kirloskar Electrical Co. Kirloskar’s had put up a number of factory sheds and buildings in the property which we demolished and constructed new buildings. At no time was there any drain passing under any building, then or now. “At the insistence of BBMP, we have connected the stormwater drain on railway parallel road, Malleswaram (eastern side of our property) to the stormwater drain built by BBMP few years back, in the Milk colony area, Subramanyanagar.” The Group said the 15 ft width of the compound wall removed on Dec 4, 2010 for BBMP inspection purposes was a compound wall built by the Kirloskar Electric Co 40 years back on Dr Rajkumar Road side. “There has never been flooding of the area even during heavy rains on the west sideof the property which would have happened if we had blocked the drain, if any, as alleged,” the release said.