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more troubling is that Bengaluru’s current master plan, the RMP 2015, is based on surveys from 2003, nearly two decades out of date.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…
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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Bengaluru’s future must focus on breaking free from outdated frameworks and embracing citizen-led, climate-resilient planning.
So its Business As Usual.
Look forward to seeing deeper potholes, higher mountains of garbage, rising dengue and more entertainment on news channels. Thanks to election fraud.
Out of 100 winners of BJP, there are 58+ women candidates. Good to see the change & hope they will do better than their male counterpart.
Bangalore voters knew BJP will get maximum number of seats. Only media published wishful forecast !
BJP would have got more seats had their support base of middle class voted in full.