BBMP orders partial demolition of building in Shanthinagar

Y. Maheswara Reddy | NT

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has issued an order to demolish certain portions of an under-construction high-rise building in Shanthinagar Division for deviations.

BBMP’s Executive Engineer of Shanthinagar Division has issued a demolition order directing Farzana M, assistant executive engineer of Shanti Nagar Sub Division to remove the deviated portions of the high-rise building under construction at Khata No. 2, Swasthi Main Road and report back the details of expenditure to enable to proceed to recover it as improvement expenses.

The Executive Engineer has said Madhubala, the owner of the building, had obtained a sanctioned plan by the Assistant Director of Town Planning (East) vide LP No. Ad. Com/Est/1276/14- 15 dated 13-04-2015 for construction of residential/commercial use building at Khata No. 2, Swasthi Main Road, Bangalore, PID No. 70-52-2, ward No. 117.

“Since the construction of the building is found to be deviating from the sanctioned plan. Hence provisional order under the Section 248 (1) and 248 (2) of the BBMP Act 2020 had been passed on February 10, 2022 and the same has been served on the owner as per the Section 352 of the BBMP Act 2020. The owner has not replied to the Provisional Order and it is found not satisfactory and Mohan Raj has not removed the deviated portion of the building,” the Executive Engineer said.

The Executive Engineer, in the demolition order, stated that the confirmation order has been passed under the Section 248(3) of the BBMP Act 2020 on March 2, 2022 and the same has been served on the owner as per the Section 352 of the BBMP Act 2020. “In response to the confirmation order, he/she has not removed the deviated portion,” the Executive Engineer said.

News Trail had published the story – Building work continues despite lack of permission – on March 3. Meanwhile, Navratanmal Jain, a resident, has appreciated the BBMP engineers for serving a demolition order to remove the deviated portions of the building. “It is an illegal construction. The plan sanctioned for the construction expired much before the construction began,’’ said Navratanmal Jain.