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Say No to Bangalore road widening Online

1 Comment Sub Category:Community Posted On: Aug 11, 2010

If you are one of them who want to fight against the road widening project, here is a chance to raise your objection to the BBMP’s proposed road-widening project. An online petition has been launched to fight against the road widening project, where the citizens are demanding that all road widening activities be stopped.

An online petition — Say no to road widening in Bangalore —aims to take up the issue with the country’s top bureaucrats including the president. The petition is addressed to the president, the Supreme Court,the prime minister, the governorof Karnataka, the chief minister, the commissioner of BBMP, the mayor, the Bangalore Development Authority, corporators, legislators, parliamentarians, chief secretary and ABIDe. More than 40,000 properties in Bangalore are likely to be demolished to widen 227 roads by displacing 38,000 to 2 lakh people for private vehicles.



According to the current law, properties can be acquired for road-widening only under TDR. TDR can be enforced only if the owner is willing. If he isn’t willing, the only option open to BBMP is to acquire the property under the Karnataka Land Acquisition Act. But what Bangalore city did was misuse of this tool to take away the fundamental right of a citizen to hold on to his property.

The petition had 105 signatures and it highlights the misuse of transfer of developmental rights(TDR) and also seeks answers from the government on the issues involved. “We expect justice from the courts for the masses. Courts should also understand people’s miseries and uphold their rights,” said Justice MF Saldanha, former high court judge.

The petition was created by Syed Tanveeruddin on July 5 in PetitionSite a project of www.Care2.com, the largest online network for people who Care2 make a difference. The Petition Site enhances the credibility of online petitions by centralizing signature collection, regulating signature data collection and output, facilitating communication of petitions via fax, email, etc. and by using fraud-reduction technology.

Say no to road widening Online! (http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-to-road-widening-in-bangalore)

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One Response to “Say No to Bangalore road widening Online”

  1. Randall Guevara says:

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