PIL seeks quashing of CDP 2015

BANGALORE: A petition has been filed in the High Court of Karnataka seeking the scrapping of Bangalore city's Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP) 2015.

After hearing the public interest petition filed by C J Singh, a divisional bench headed by Chief Justice P D Dinakaran ordered that the petition be clubbed with another similar case pending before the court.

The petitioner alleged that the CDP has identified as a hi-tech zone a plot of land in Pattandur Agrahara which is actually a lake spread over 12 acres and 39 guntas of land.

The lake has been encroached by private individuals and the tank bed now occupies only about 800 square meters of land. An ancient temple stands on this tank bed. Even this plot is now facing the threat of encroachment, the petitioner said.

The petitioner demanded that the new CDP be scrapped and action be initiated against the land-grabbers.