The petition by citizens’ groups in North Bangalore and Namma Bengaluru Foundation questions the process through which the state government gave approval to a SEZ project on a wetland.
When it comes to adequate, planned housing for the poor in Bengaluru, the government offers little land and lesser money. But when it comes to SEZs, hotels, layouts and apartments, there is always land available. Part II of the series.
In the first of a three-part series on what will happen to Bengaluru after the elections-2013, Subramaniam Vincent reflects on how Bengaluru was put on developmental steroids and pushed onto the sky like a shining saucer.
The CAG report explains how the developer got public land in chunks – of 99, 27 and 43 acres, much of it through illegal and improper actions of KIADB and BDA and various state governments.
Without fixing the three malfunctioning sewage treatment plants that keep Bellandur lake polluted, BWSSB has called for tenders for a new Rs 250 crore STP for the overflow water going to Varthur lake.