Environmental activists have accused the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) of violating buffer zone regulations by constructing a building (Samudaya Bhavan) in the vicinity of Gangashetty lake in KR Puram. Notably, the BBMP had last year announced that the lake would be rejuvenated at a cost of Rs 4 crore.
In other news, since July 1, BBMP has seized 1,926.8 kg of single-use plastic in its eight zones and registered 1,319 cases of violations pertaining to the plastic ban. Rs 8,36,300 fine was collected during the same period, shows data released by the civic body.
Meanwhile, The hearing of the bail petition of a bribery charge accused deputy Tahsildar has been adjourned to July 18 by the High Court of Karnataka. The bribery charge case had hit headlines after the observations against the Anti-Corruption Bureau and its chief ADGP Seemanth Kumar Singh by Justice H P Sandesh. Singh has now approached the Supreme Court with a Special Leave Petition against the HC’s remarks. On Tuesday, the SC directed the HC to adjourn the hearing for three days so that it could hear Singh’s petition. Deputy Tahsildar P S Mahesh is in custody in the alleged Rs five lakh bribery case. He was working in the then Bengaluru Urban Deputy Commissioner J Manjunath’s office.
