Akrama-Sakrama scheme
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) budget for year 2012-13 will be presented before end of May. The draft of budget is ready and will be presented by Mayor Venkatesh Murthy. Mayor says that this years budget will be more realistic and has promised that it won’t exceed the previous year’s budget. he has also [...] Continue Reading »
The fund-hit BBMP has been over-generous in granting TDR certificates for portions of land it takes from residents for public projects, mainly road-widening. But there isn’t much clarity on the rules governing them. As on May 30, 2011, Bangalore property ownersh as surrendered 38.24 lakh sq feet area land to BBMP Bangalore and the corporation [...] Continue Reading »
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday gave two months to the government to re-examine and reconsider amendments brought out to the Country and Town Planning Act pertaining to the Akrama-Sakrama scheme. It adjourned the hearing of a batch of PILs challenging the Akrama-Sakrama policy brought out by the state government in 2007. The next hearing [...] Continue Reading »
