BDA recovers property worth Rs 1,106 cr

Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has carried out demolition of unauthorised construction in 50 cases with more than 154 acres valued at Rs 1,105.81 crore since January last year.

Layouts are being formed on these areas and sites allotted through public auction or some times as per the government’s directions, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa told the Legislative Assembly.

Responding to a question from Ramalinga Reddy (Congress), he said in the recovered lands having no legal impediments, about 815 sites of various dimensions have been formed.

“Around 164 sites have been disposed of out of which 129 sites have been allotted and 35 sites have been auctioned”, Yeddyurappa said.

 

The allotted sites comprise 90 ones to allottees for whom physical possession was not given. Proposal of 287 sites for auctioning is under process. Other sites would be disposed of after clearing the legal impediments which have cropped up after the formation of layouts, the chief minister said.

Nearly 13 lakh families are houseless in Karnataka, the State Legislative Assembly was informed today.

Responding to Khadar U T (Congress) during question hour, Housing Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said the number of houseless families in the state was 1.3 million. The highest number was in the northern district of Belgaum at 1,05,485 and the lowest in the hilly district of Kodagu at 5,543.

Naidu said funds to the tune of Rs 1056.07 crore, which includes the Central government’s share of Rs 334.31 crore, have been earmarked for construction of 300,000 houses, including backlog ones, under various schemes in the current financial year.