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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Bengaluru’s future must focus on breaking free from outdated frameworks and embracing citizen-led, climate-resilient planning.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more troubling is that Bengaluru’s current master plan, the RMP 2015, is based on surveys from 2003, nearly two decades out of date.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…
Last Saturday when we met wanted to apprise you position taken by Your other co bengaluru MLA’s M/S Narendra Babu, KJGeorge & BNVijaykumar. As an initiative for Solid Waste Management, they have ordered Rs.I.28 lakhs worth Shredders with KJG going for DOUBLE. Invoices has been received by them and are arranging to send the required amount shortly for execution on its supply. If you consider it to be of any value, personally i want Sanjaynagar should not lag behind. Please do let know your intention. If similarly done this will; add one more feather to your already loaded cap. RCDutt