Bengaluru, Feb 7: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) ordered the destruction of a tilted building in the city after evacuating about 150 people from 35 families in the vicinity, an official said on Thursday.
"The top portion of the building has been destroyed 70 per cent today (Thursday). Later, the destruction contractor will allow machines to be used," Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Yelahanka joint commissioner Ashok said.
Located on Vinayaknagar Street in Hebbal's Kempapura, the five-storey building being used as a hostel for boys got tilted on Wednesday morning, spreading panic in the neighbourhood.
Though the tilted building owned by one Rahul, a jeweller, was a sound structure, Ashok said a neighbour, Babu, hired a JCB excavator to dig deep beside the affected structure to build his own structure.
"Babu not only dug very deep but also damaged the foundation pillar of the tilted building, weakening the structure and leading to its slant," said Ashok.
Babu has been booked and arrested even as the police are on the look-out for the JCB owner and operator.
The titled building erected five floors unauthorisedly and falls into the B Khata category. It was constructed without the civic body's plan, said Ashok.
A Khata and B Khata denote the two types of khatas that exist under BBMP. Khata is a document which shows a property owner having an account with the municipality to pay taxes. An A Khata denotes that the building owner has paid relevant property taxes and that the building conforms to building bylaws and government rules. A B Khata denotes that the building is in violation of government regulations regarding properties in Bengaluru, even when the civic charges for the property have been cleared by the owner.
"As per procedure, we issue notice, but such constructions are rampant in the city. Under the BBMP jurisdiction, there are 15 lakh B Khata structures," said Ashok.
For all B Khata sites, the civic body does not give any plan and there is no proper control on them, he said.
Ashok said the case to regularise the B Khata buildings to A Khata buildings is currently pending in the Supreme Court.
Luckily, no injury or loss of life has been reported from the tilted building.
The civic body arranged alternative accommodation for the affected families, but most of them chose to stay with their relatives, said Ashok.
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Rakesh... dont tell us that all those chant VM are Nationalists
And you cant force people to chant this....
Ibraheem Hussain, Udupi, any comments.
This is sad and not right at all , brothers fighting against each other. Those guys dont represent me .
I apology and prayer to the cop.
Walida-e-hind-ki Zindabad :)
Shave BABA RAMDEVS BEARD....very good to know he rejected say ---mantaram.
They never targetted him , this police man objected for vande mataram , so they thrashed him . so CD is misleading its readers .
I did not see any chaddi statement now. Is it tolerenance?
Shocking, the Great India is turning to intolerant India! credit goes to rulers of India and its state.
ONE WHO VOTED TO MODHIJII ACCHE DINNN LET THEM SEE THIS AND SELECT THIER FUTURE.
THIS PEOPLE FRIST SHAVE U R SWAMIJI BEARED THEN US....
MODHIJI IS FAKEJIIII
Acche din effect
Now Arnab will shout in Newshour that the Muslim policemen is an anti national.
Modi government has already gave all the RSS to take the law into their hand. May be one day will come that our nation will become like Pakistan and Afghanistan; if not controlled by these RSS mad dogs.
The Roots of EVIL : ARROGANCE; ENVY and GREED.
Knowledge makes people HUMBLE
Arrogance make people IGNORANT.
I think there are many Ignorants who say they are the superior . but they really are stupids and commit such acts which they themselves open the door of hell.
THIS IS ACHEE DEEN OF MODI
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