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Friday, 13 November 2009 |
 In a major drive against encroachment, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Thursday morning razed about 10 houses constructed encroaching a rajakaluve (primary drain) alongside the Vrishabhavathi Valley near Ittamadu (KEB colony) in Kathriguppe.
Among the 45 houses surveyed, only 10 houses have been brought down by the task force of BBMP and the rest would be razed in the next four days, informed BBMP officials.
“Property worth more than Rs 20 crore will be demolished in the next couple of days,” said a BBMP official.
The drive which started early Thurday morning continued till 6 pm and the work continued inspite of protests from the residents. “After the survey was completed, we issued warnings and therefore there is no need for notifications,” said Srikante Gowda, executive engineer, Padmanabhanagar range.
Encroachments flourished in this area over the last 15 years leading to a reduction of the width of the drain from 15 ft to 8 ft, explained the official. |
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Thursday, 12 November 2009 |
 The Opposition JD(S) on Wednesday questioned the grounds on which Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa was continuing in office when he has acknowledged his helplessness in protecting the state’s resources and preventing the exit of some of his trusted aides.
Yeddyurappa who could not protect those in his close circle cannot be trusted with the protection of the populace of the state, the JD(S) said.
It was referring to principal secretary V P Baligar who was shunted out and Shobha Karandlaje who was forced to quit the cabinet during the recent crisis in the BJP.
Following a meeting of the party’s senior leaders, JD(S) state unit president H D Kumaraswamy billed Yeddyurappa as a “lease-based” chief minister and said that he had insulted the people of the state by agreeing to accommodate in the core committee the very people who had rebelled against him. |
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Saturday, 07 November 2009 |
Chief Minister Yeddyurappa on Friday gave in to one of the demands of the dissident MLAs by transferring V P Baligar, his trusted bureaucrat and principal secretary.
Baligar will be replaced by INS Prasad, a 1986 batch officer. Baligar will now be principal secretary of commerce and industries department.
The move to replace the principal secretary is a first in recent years in the state. Accused of being favourable to a few ministers and MLAs who are close to the CM, Baligar had earned the ire of many of the BJP MLAs who have now revolted against the CM.
Known to be an efficient officer, Baligar’s ‘go by the rules’ nature is also said to have irked many of the dissident MLAs.
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Tuesday, 03 November 2009 |
 Two murders were reported on Monday, including that of a lone woman in RPC Layout under Vijayanagar police station limits. The woman has been identified as Umadevi (55), a primary school teacher in Nandini Layout. Her husband was away distributing cards of his niece’s wedding, since Saturday, and she was all alone at home when unidentified persons bludgeoned her to death.
Neighbours claimed to have seen Umadevi on Sunday evening.
But on Monday morning, the milk vendor found the door open, but nobody responded to his call. He informed a neighbour, who in turn informed Umadevi’s husband Shivarudraiah.
Police said that when Shivarudraiah received the information on Monday morning he was on his way to Bangalore. One of their relatives, Renukaradhya, who received a message from Shivarudraiah, entered the house and found the main door open and Umadevi lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen.
Preliminary investigation has revealed that someone known to the family has committed the murder.
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Friday, 30 October 2009 |
 To make way for a state-of-the-art bus stand in Kalasipalyam, BBMP initiated a major demolition drive and razed more than 150 shops.
During the drive, which started in the morning, all shops on the land belonging to BBMP, where the new bus stand is to come up, were demolished.
BBMP had given its property to the shop owners on lease, but they had not vacated the shops in spite of the completion of their lease term. After serving notices to the shop owners, the officials took up the drive. The new bus stand has been a long-pending project.
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