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Nine days after Bangalore Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML) demolished much than 150 houses in Kogilu Layout successful Yelahanka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah connected Monday announced that the displaced families would beryllium provided alternate houses in Baiyyappanahalli, located about 7 km from the demolition site.
He said the determination was taken connected humanitarian grounds and that eligible beneficiaries would be allotted houses from January 1, though they had encorached upon authorities land.
The swift determination came aft a nudge from AICC wide caput (Organisation) K.C. Venugopal who spoke to the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar expressing “serious concern” implicit the demolitions.
On Monday, the Chief Minister reiterated that notices had been issued to each occupants, informing them that the onshore belonged to the authorities and directing them to vacate. “Despite this, they did not vacate,” helium said, adding that houses had been built connected a garbage landfill. “People person been surviving successful amerciable sheds determination since astir 2020–21,” helium said.
Should not recur
“Illegal encroachment cannot hap without the cognition of Tahsildars and different officials. I person instructed the Revenue Department and Corporation authorities to instrumentality enactment truthful that specified incidents bash not recur,” Mr. Siddaramaiah further said. He added that officials had been instructed to identify eligible families surviving successful the amerciable sheds and submit a database wrong 2 days.
“There were 1,087 houses successful Survey No. 23 of Baiyyappanahalli and that, aft verification, eligible families would beryllium allotted houses successful a multi-storey residential analyzable there. The outgo of each location is astir ₹11.20 lakh. State and Central authorities subsidies are disposable for wide class beneficiaries arsenic good arsenic for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. The Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) will supply ₹5 lakh per house,” helium said.
Cost of houses
The Chief Minister added that aft subsidies, wide class beneficiaries would receive assistance of ₹8.7 lakh, portion SC/ST beneficiaries would person ₹9.5 lakh. The remaining amount of ₹2.5 lakh for the wide class and ₹1.7 lakh for SC/STs, would beryllium provided arsenic loans, with Housing Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan agreeing to facilitate the lending process.
Verification of beneficiaries volition beryllium completed wrong 2 days, the Chief Minister said, adding that the Housing Minister had been entrusted with ensuring that the families are provided houses from January 1. “Although they were surviving successful illegally built houses, we are making alternate arrangements connected humanitarian grounds. We person built 1 lakh houses to supply structure to the poor,” helium said.
Venugopal adviced: DKS
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, during the discussion, further rejected allegations that Mr. Venugopal was interfering successful the functioning of the State government, stating that the enactment person had lone offered advice.
Speaking to the media, Mr. Shivakumar said that Mr. Venugopal, arsenic a elder person of the party, was entitled to advise the government. “He has advised us successful the past, he is advising us now, and helium volition proceed to bash truthful successful the future. But helium has not interfered in the administration,” helium added.
