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.
As per new rules consumers can take one hand bag, weighing seven (economy class) or 10 kg (business class), a laptop bag. Women can carry a purse as well without any charge. Anything beyond this will be charged at Rs 900.
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first of all let them correct the delivery of check in baggage on time . my trip to mangalore on 6 jul on eid day flight no 9w 501horrible . after finishing imigration formalities it was surprised to hear that pax luggage not available on belt and after few hours 9w staff informed us no more baggage is today's flight, come and collect in the next flight next day it was all my eid day items from clothing to sweets and bottled juices next when i went to collect my baggage it was fully broken and spoiled. when i complained to 9w staff she said sorry sir........now this drama
Good move....... to make the journey comfort..... If the Passengers have excess baggage, they can use cargo facilities.... Just plan in advance, and dispatch the cargo well before departure, and make ones and others travel enjoyable ..
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