Sampige Road Malleswaram
With Wednesday’s Sampige Road widening saga, residents across the city need to be prepared for overnight demolition drives. BBMP Bangalore wants the private property of residents to expand roads. But it doesn’t have the money to compensate those losing parts of their precious homes. Hence it’s forcing TDR (Transferable Development Rights) for which the market [...] Continue Reading »
Malleswaram residents don’t want Metro on public-private partnership (PPP). It’s all part of a people’s move to ‘Save Malleswaram’ from more congestion. On Sunday, residents and activists met their elected representatives and submitted a ‘people memorandum’ demanding the PPP agreement between Bangalore Metro and the private developer be cancelled. The residents and activists demanded the [...] Continue Reading »
Fed up with traffic congestion, Malleswaram residents protest against mall on Sampige Road. The immediate provocation for the protest was the mall at the entrance of Sampige Road.Notable names who participated in the protest included environmentalist A.N. Yellappa Reddy, writer U.R. Ananthamurthy, freedom fighter H.S. Doreswamy and veteran advocate Hemalata Mahishi. The programme was organised [...] Continue Reading »
