BDA demolishes huge illegal building

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, OCT. 20. The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), in a swift operation on Saturday, demolished a basement-plus-three floor commercial complex in Koramangala suburb. The plinth area of the building was 60X90 sq.ft., and it became the largest unauthorised structure so far pulled down, the BDA Commissioner, Mr. Jeyakar Jerome, who supervised the operation, said.

The owner of the complex produced documents, which turned out to be forged. The BDA had already investigated into this, Mr. Jerome said. The encroachers on BDA land usually fabricated documents. In the case of a property adjacent to the complex, nobody came forward to claim ownership.

The value of the land recovered was estimated to be Rs. 2 crores according to conservative estimates. The demolition was carried out with heavy equipment, including bulldozers, by a team led by the Superintendent of Police (Special Task Force), Mr. K.Srinivas.

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