BENGALURU: Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) reclaimed properties worth Rs 100 crore after bulldozing several commercial complexes and shacks on Tuesday.
Equipped with bulldozers and accompanied by over 200 policemen, the team arrived at HBR Layout, northeast Bengaluru, and began clearing buildings that had come up on BDA-acquired plots.
Fifteen commercial complexes were built on 1.5 acres on survey number 75. This land, which is part of 6 acres acquired by BDA in 1989 for building HBR Layout, was not surrendered by the owners, BDA said in a release. Of the acquired land, the authority had used 1.5 acres for constructing the ring road.
The landowners had moved the city civil court, which ruled against them, and it was upheld in the high court. Despite several warnings, they continued to occupy the properties and were earning good revenue by leasing them out, the release said. Whenever BDA would initiate action, the owners and their supporters would block the evacuation drive. This time, BDA commissioner Rajesh Gowda sought police help for the demolition.
