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A decade without a Master Plan: Who should be planning Bengaluru’s future?
Bengaluru’s future must focus on breaking free from outdated frameworks and embracing citizen-led, climate-resilient planning.
Nearly a decade ago, while I was working on the Revised Master Plan for Bengaluru (RMP 2031), a senior planner remarked: “Only the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) has the legal right to plan for Bengaluru.” Today, that assertion is unravelling in a tussle between the newly formed Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and the BDA over who should plan for the city’s future. What is more troubling is that Bengaluru’s current master plan, the RMP 2015, is based on surveys from 2003, nearly two decades out of date. The Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act (KTCPA) of 1961 requires revision every…
Performance report shows 5.3 below the average score of of Bangalore MLAs at 5.5 . Not an impressionable report. When the BBMP is controlled, admiinisterd and dominated absolutely by the BJP Corporators without let or hindrance by the decimitated Opposition Parties, the performance report of Basavangudi MLA in today’s TOI (30th October 2014) is in bad light. Performance should have been better in respect of cleanliness, garbage clearance and citizens’ amenities in the constituency (not building toilets and dharmic sabha halls in temples with MLA funds).