KATHA-A NEWS REPORT-BBMP KATHA FOR REVENUE SITES

IT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN A SECTION OF THE PRESS THAT BBMP CANNOT ISSUE KATHA FOR REVENUE SITES WITHIN ITS JURISDICTION WITHOUT GOVERNMENT ORDERS OR THE AMENDMENT TO KTCP ACT AND KLR ACT OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF AKRAMA - SAKRAMA SCHEME, SAID MR.SIDDAIAH, THE COMMISSIONER, BBMP.

PLATINUM CITY - PEENYA - ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORISED STRUCTURES DEMOLISHED BY BDA

CLEAR CASE OF CHEATING AND FRAUD!!!
A CLIENT STATED THAT THE BANKS HAVE SANCTIONED HOME LOAN AND IT IS PRESUMED THAT THE TITLES ARE CLEAR. GENTLEMEN, IS IT CLEAR FOR YOU NOW!!!!!
 
A NEWS REPORT:
The Bangalore Development Authority recovered eight Civic Amenity (CA) sites (3.5 acres), allegedly encroached upon by a private builder to provide parking space for its apartment owners, during a demolition drive early Wednesday morning.

The Platinum City apartment complex in Yeshwantpur has amassed nearly Rs six crore by illegally allotting the parking space to 300 of its residents.

The complex, promoted by India Builders’ Corporation (IBC), had sold the encroached land as parking slots to its unsuspecting residents. It had collected between Rs 1.5 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from each of its residents.

According to the Karnataka Apartment Owners’ Act, 1972, selling an encroached property as parking space to resident’s amounts to a violation. The Act also states that no ‘undivided common area’ can be sold by builders. The common area is defined to include basements, cellars, yards, gardens, parking areas and storage spaces.

The BDA noted that it had served several notices on the builders on survey numbers 47 and 48 of Peenya village near HMT Road in Yeshwantpur, after noticing that the CA sites were encroached upon.

“As the builders of Platinum City did not surrender the sites despite several reminders, we decided to demolish the structures,” said BDA Superintendent of Police N N Indira.  In addition to demolishing the parking structures, the BDA also razed to ground the workers’ shed and a road leading to block 8 that were constructed on the CA sites.

“They even approached the court where their petition was dismissed. Finally, they agreed to repatriate the CA sites. However, despite persistent reminders, Platinum City did not surrender the sites to us, forcing the demolition,” said Indira.

The CA sites were, in fact, formed by the developer as per the condition of the BDA, so that amenities could be provided to residents of the complex.

However, instead of handing over the sites to the BDA, IBC utilised them to construct car parking, swimming pool and a club house on the said CA sites 1,2,3,4 and office on sites 5 and 6. 
 

AKRAMA-SAKRAMA (RURAL) AND URBAN AMENDMENT APPROVED

THE LEGISLATURE HAS GIVEN ITS APPROVAL FOR THE REGULARISATION OF UNAUTHORISED CONSTRUCTIONS IN RURAL AREAS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS MEASURING 20 FEET X 30 FEET AND IN URBAN AREAS( INCLUDING 18 KM RADIAL AREA) OF BANGALORE, CONSTRUCTED ON REVENUE GOVERNMENT LANDS BY RURAL AND URBAN POOR, WHICH(FAMILY) DOES NOT HAVE ANY HOUSE/RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, UNDER KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE ACT. THE GOVERNMENT PASSED THE AMENDMENT UNDER SECTION 94 OF KARNATAKA LAND REVENUE ACT, AMIDST THE ABSENCE OF THE OPPOSITION PARTIES IN THE ASSEMBLY SESSION ENDED YESTERDAY AT BELGAUM.

THIS AMENDMENT WILL HELP LAKHS OF RURAL POOR AND URBAN POOR WHO DO NOT HAVE A ROOF ON THEIR HEAD.

BOREWELL/OPEN WELL DRILLING WITHIN BBMP LIMITS-OBTAIN PERMISSION

THE KARNATAKA GOVERNMENT HAS NOTIFIED THAT UNDER THE KARNATAKA GROUND WATER(REGULATION AND CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACT)2011, ANY PERSON/S DESIROUS OF DRILLING A BOREWELL OR AN OPEN WELL MUST OBTAIN/SEEK/GET/ THE PERMISSION FROM THE APPROPRIATE JURISDICTIONAL AUTHORITY. BWSSB HAS THE POWERS TO GRANT THE PERMISSION TO DRILL/DIG A WELL OR A BOREWELL WITHIN THE BBMP JURISDICTION.
EXISTING USERS MUST ALSO REGISTER WITH BWSSB.
THE ORDER READS THUS:
11. Grant of permit to extract and use groundwater in the notified area.- (1) Subject to the provisions of any law relating to protection of public sources of drinking water, any user of ground water desiring to drill or dig a well in the notified area for any purpose either on personal or community basis shall apply to the authority for grant of permit for this purpose and shall not proceed with any activity connected with such drilling or digging unless a permit has been granted by the authority.
(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be made in such form, shall contain such particulars and in such manner accompanied by such fee for different purposes like industrial, commercial entertainment, agricultural and domestic etc., and for different areas, as may be prescribed.
(3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), if the Authority is satisfied that it shall not be against public interest to do so, it may grant subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein, a permit authorizing drilling or digging of a well for the extraction and use of groundwater. The conditions shall include mandatory provision of artificial recharge structures of appropriate size to be constructed by the applicant within a period as specified by the authority:
Provided that no person shall be refused of a permit unless he has been given an opportunity of being heard.
(4) The decision regarding grant or refusal of their permit shall be intimated by the Authority to the applicant within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt of the application.
(5) In granting or refusing a permit, the Authority shall have regard to the following, namely:-
(a) The purpose for which the groundwater is to be used-domestic, agriculture, industry, commercial, establishments entertainment,-indicate sale/own use or both;
(b) No permit shall be given for water intensive crops like paddy, sugarcane in notified areas;
(c) The existence of other competitive users;
(d) The availability of groundwater and the need to conserve it;
(e) Quantity of groundwater to be drawn;
(f) Quality of groundwater with reference to use;
(g) Spacing of groundwater structures keeping in consideration, the purpose for which the groundwater is to be used.
(h) Long term groundwater level behaviour;
(i) Its likelihood of adversely affecting water availability of any drinking water sources in its vicinity;
(j) Priority may be given for those who adopt sprinkler and drip irrigation system;
(k) Any other factors relevant thereto.
(6) The permit shall be subject to such terms and conditions and in such form as may be prescribed.
12. Registration of existing users in the notified areas.- (1) Every existing user of groundwater in the notified area shall within a period of one hundred twenty days from the date of declaration as notified area by the Government shall apply to the authority for grant of a certificate of a registration recognizing its existing use in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that the authority may entertain any such application after the expiry of the said period of one hundred and twenty days if it is satisfied that the user was prevented by sufficient cause from filing application in time.
(2) The details to be furnished in an application under sub-section (1) shall include the following, namely:-
(a) The description of the source of groundwater, such as type of well, its exact location;
(b) The lifting device used;
(c) The quantity of ground water withdrawal and hours of operation per day;
(d) The total period of use in each year;
(e) The purpose or purposes for which groundwater is being extracted;
(f) In case the requirement of ground water is for purpose of drinking water, the approximate population to be served;
(g) In case of irrigation well, the location and extent of area irrigated; and the crops grown;
(h) In the case of State and Central Government, Local authorities or Community run water supply schemes, the details of the services involved in addition to the quantities of ground water extracted, the diversion or the pumping points and their locations.
(3) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the Authority may, after such enquiry as it may deem fit and after satisfying itself, grant a registration certificate in such form, for such period and subject to such condition as may be prescribed.
 (4) The decision regarding the grant or refusal of the certificate of registration shall be intimated by the authority to the applicant within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the application.
(5) In granting or refusing a certificate of registration under sub-section (3) the Authority shall have due regard to the following:-
(a) The purpose for which the groundwater is to be used;
(b) In case of applicants growing water intensive crops like paddy and sugarcane, an undertaking shall be obtained from them for change of heavy duty crops to light duty crops and such change to be incorporated in the certificate of registration.
(c) The existence of other competitive users;
(d) The availability of groundwater and the need to conserve it; quantity of groundwater to be drawn;
(e) Quality of groundwater with reference to use;
(f) Spacing of groundwater structures keeping in consideration, the purpose for which ground water is to be used;
(g) Long term groundwater level behaviour;
(h) Any other factors relevant thereto.
(6) The certificate of registration shall be in such form as may be prescribed.
(7) Pending the communication by the authority of the decision on the application under sub-section (1), every existing user of ground water in the notified area shall be entitled to the continued use of ground water in the same manner and to the same quantity as he was entitled prior to the date of his application.
(8) If a registered well becomes defunct this fact should be immediately brought to the notice of the authority by the user of groundwater and shall seal the defunct bore well in order to avoid untoward incidents. 

HIRANANDANI UPSCALE - UNDER LOKAYUKTA INVESTIGATION

HIRANANDANI UPSCALE BEING DEVELOPED UNDER ONE OF ITS GROUP OF COMPANIES CALLED SAUDELA CONSTRUCTIONS PVT LTD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THE PROJECT IS UNDER SERIOUS TROUBLE FOR VIOLATIONS.

GROUNDWATER WILL BE PUBLIC PROPERTY VERY SOON

Groundwater as Public Property

The Ministry of Water Resources has formulated the draft National Water Policy (2012) guided by certain basic principles so that there is unified national perspective in planning, development and management of water resources including ground water resources. The draft National Water Policy Inter alia says that water not only as a scarce resource but also as a sustainer of life and ecology. Therefore, water needs to be managed as a community resource held by the State, under public trust doctrine to achieve food security, livelihood and equitable and sustainable development for all. Existing Acts, such as Indian Easements Act, 1882, Irrigation Acts, etc. may have to be modified accordingly in as much as it appears to give proprietary rights to a land owner on groundwater under his/her land.

DLF BEGUR FILE WITH BMTF

THE BANGALORE METROPOLITAN TASK FORCE HAS SEIZED THE DLF (BEGUR-BANGALORE SOUTH)BUILDING PLAN FILE FROM THE TOWN PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BDA FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
MORE ARRESTS ARE EXPECTED.