🔥 BENGALURU IS BURNING! AND THIS IS POLICY-MADE 🔥 Bengaluru is touching 40°C this summer. Let that sink in. This is not just climate change. This is man-made disaster - driven by bad governance and worse policy. Look at the heat map of the city: • Older Bengaluru still breathes - trees, open spaces, planned layouts • East Bengaluru? - PG Slums, illegal layouts, illegal buildings, unauthorised construction - Concrete heat traps with no shade, no planning, no relief - dense, unplanned construction with no green cover (Concrete Slums) This is the Urban Heat Island effect in action - and it is getting worse every year. This is not just a planning failure - it is a governance failure. It is very clear that we have had incompetent and irresponsible Govts since the 80's; consequently, violations are rampant. Bengaluru has been on a steady decline, ever since. And what is the Government doing? Fixing it? No - It is Legalising the problem. Instead of cracking down on illegal constructions and chaotic growth, the State is rewarding violations: ❌ B-Khata to A-Khata Conversion - legalising illegal layouts / subdivisions / bifurcations ❌ Setback Relaxation - packing buildings wall-to-wall ❌ Premium FAR - cramming more concrete into broken infrastructure ❌ 15% Deviation Regularisation - turning violations into the new normal This is not governance. This is surrender. For decades, rules were ignored. Now, violations are being officially endorsed. These measures do not solve the problem - they reward and perpetuate it. These actions are in conflict with established planning norms and Supreme Court Orders, raising serious questions about rule of law in urban governance. The result? 👉 A city that was once a Garden City is now a heat island 👉 Lakes vanish, trees disappear, and citizens are left to suffer 👉 Infrastructure collapses under unplanned density 👉 Summers become unbearable — especially for the most vulnerable And yet, we hear slogans about making Bengaluru “world-class”. You cannot build a global city on illegal layouts, illegal buildings, zero planning, and ecological destruction. This is not just incompetence anymore. This is a betrayal of the city. We cannot claim to aspire to global standards while ignoring the fundamentals: ▪️ Scientific master planning ▪️ Decentralised governance (74th Amendment) ▪️ Public consultation ▪️ Strict enforcement of regulations ▪️ Protection of ecological assets WE DEMAND: ⚠️ Immediate rollback of all four regressive policies ⚠️ Strict enforcement against illegal constructions - NO REGULARISATION ⚠️ Functional Metropolitan Planning Committee (74th Amendment) ⚠️ Science-based, climate-sensitive urban planning ⚠️ Protection and restoration of Bengaluru’s green and blue networks Bengaluru is at a tipping point. If we don’t act now, we are locking ourselves into a hotter, harsher, unliveable future. This is not just about policy. This is about survival. If the Government is serious, it must stop legitimising violations and instead create a redevelopment authority with real powers - to take over illegal layouts and illegal buildings - through due process and rebuild them to legal standards, with proper infrastructure and environmental safeguards, while penalising the developers. @CMofKarnataka @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @GBA_office @GBAChiefComm @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @NITIAayog @Secretary_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @PCMohanMP @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @BAFBLR @BangaloreRepair @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield @CivicOp_india @NandanNilekani @PrasadBidapa @TVMohandasPai @ashwinmahesh @BelawadiBlr @nnarasimhan @BrindaAdige @HariniNagendra @SandeepAnirudha @psridharp @srikanthn1975 @Infosys_nmurthy @lkatheeq @kris_sg @kiranshaw @C40cities @CitiesForum_org @CitiesQuestion @IndianUrbanist @NIUA_India @NewUrbanism @SustDev @g20org @iiscbangalore @osd_CMKarnataka @pmoindia @rajeevgowda @smartccouncil @uclg_org #Bengaluru #SaveBengaluru #UrbanHeatIsland #ClimateEmergency #UnplannedDevelopment #ConcreteCity #SustainableCities #UrbanCrisis #ActNow #ClimateCrisis #MasterPlanning #74thAmendment #UrbanGovernance #UnplannedDevt #UrbanRuin #IllegalBuildings #IllegalLayouts #UnauthorisedConstructions #PGSLUMS #ConcreteSlums #SiliconOven #SiliconSlum #ClimateChange #SustainableDevt #PlannedDevt #Masterplan #MPC

🔥 BENGALURU IS BURNING! AND THIS IS POLICY-MADE 🔥 Bengaluru is touching 40°C this summer. Let that sink in. This is not just climate change. This is man-made disaster - driven by bad governance and worse policy. Look at the heat map of the city: • Older Bengaluru still breathes - trees, open spaces, planned layouts • East Bengaluru? - PG Slums, illegal layouts, illegal buildings, unauthorised construction - Concrete heat traps with no shade, no planning, no relief - dense, unplanned construction with no green cover (Concrete Slums) This is the Urban Heat Island effect in action - and it is getting worse every year. This is not just a planning failure - it is a governance failure. It is very clear that we have had incompetent and irresponsible Govts since the 80's; consequently, violations are rampant. Bengaluru has been on a steady decline, ever since. And what is the Government doing? Fixing it? No - It is Legalising the problem. Instead of cracking down on illegal constructions and chaotic growth, the State is rewarding violations: ❌ B-Khata to A-Khata Conversion - legalising illegal layouts / subdivisions / bifurcations ❌ Setback Relaxation - packing buildings wall-to-wall ❌ Premium FAR - cramming more concrete into broken infrastructure ❌ 15% Deviation Regularisation - turning violations into the new normal This is not governance. This is surrender. For decades, rules were ignored. Now, violations are being officially endorsed. These measures do not solve the problem - they reward and perpetuate it. These actions are in conflict with established planning norms and Supreme Court Orders, raising serious questions about rule of law in urban governance. The result? 👉 A city that was once a Garden City is now a heat island 👉 Lakes vanish, trees disappear, and citizens are left to suffer 👉 Infrastructure collapses under unplanned density 👉 Summers become unbearable — especially for the most vulnerable And yet, we hear slogans about making Bengaluru “world-class”. You cannot build a global city on illegal layouts, illegal buildings, zero planning, and ecological destruction. This is not just incompetence anymore. This is a betrayal of the city. We cannot claim to aspire to global standards while ignoring the fundamentals: ▪️ Scientific master planning ▪️ Decentralised governance (74th Amendment) ▪️ Public consultation ▪️ Strict enforcement of regulations ▪️ Protection of ecological assets WE DEMAND: ⚠️ Immediate rollback of all four regressive policies ⚠️ Strict enforcement against illegal constructions - NO REGULARISATION ⚠️ Functional Metropolitan Planning Committee (74th Amendment) ⚠️ Science-based, climate-sensitive urban planning ⚠️ Protection and restoration of Bengaluru’s green and blue networks Bengaluru is at a tipping point. If we don’t act now, we are locking ourselves into a hotter, harsher, unliveable future. This is not just about policy. This is about survival. If the Government is serious, it must stop legitimising violations and instead create a redevelopment authority with real powers - to take over illegal layouts and illegal buildings - through due process and rebuild them to legal standards, with proper infrastructure and environmental safeguards, while penalising the developers. @CMofKarnataka @siddaramaiah @DKShivakumar @GBA_office @GBAChiefComm @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @NITIAayog @Secretary_MoHUA @Tejasvi_Surya @PCMohanMP @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @BAFBLR @BangaloreRepair @whitefieldwards @Nammawhitefield @CivicOp_india @NandanNilekani @PrasadBidapa @TVMohandasPai @ashwinmahesh @BelawadiBlr @nnarasimhan @BrindaAdige @HariniNagendra @SandeepAnirudha @psridharp @srikanthn1975 @Infosys_nmurthy @lkatheeq @kris_sg @kiranshaw @C40cities @CitiesForum_org @CitiesQuestion @IndianUrbanist @NIUA_India @NewUrbanism @SustDev @g20org @iiscbangalore @osd_CMKarnataka @pmoindia @rajeevgowda @smartccouncil @uclg_org #Bengaluru #SaveBengaluru #UrbanHeatIsland #ClimateEmergency #UnplannedDevelopment #ConcreteCity #SustainableCities #UrbanCrisis #ActNow #ClimateCrisis #MasterPlanning #74thAmendment #UrbanGovernance #UnplannedDevt #UrbanRuin #IllegalBuildings #IllegalLayouts #UnauthorisedConstructions #PGSLUMS #ConcreteSlums #SiliconOven #SiliconSlum #ClimateChange #SustainableDevt #PlannedDevt #Masterplan #MPC

Objections to Draft Amendment to Bengaluru City Corp Building Bye-Laws (2003): Violates Arts 14 & 21, defies SC rulings, weakens rule of law & planning discipline, & encourages violations @CMofKarnataka @DKShivakumar @GBA_office @BECCUPDATES withdraw these amendments in full

1/n The BIGGEST FOREST SCAM in India is unfolding in the Silicon Valley - Bengaluru, right opposite ITPL, in Whitefield (where else?)… STATE MINISTERS ARE INVOLVED? Not surprising? 711 Acres Kadugodi Forest in Bengaluru - THE LARGEST URBAN FOREST SCAM? Hyderabad's Kancha Gachibowli Forest scam (400 acres) pales in comparison...? #SaveKadugodiForest @eshwar_khandre @aranya_kfd are you asleep? History: On May 29, 1896, an extent of 711 acres of land in Kadugodi that belonged to the Kingdom of Mysore, along with the boundary description was notified as government plantation, which according to the law back then was demarcated the area as state forest land. (Rule 9 of Rules 1878 for the Administration of the Forests and Wastelands in the territories of the Maharaja of Mysore). In a notification dated January 7, 1901, the area was declared as state forest under the Mysore Forests Regulations Act (1900) and was later deemed as reserved forest in 1963. THE SCAM: The #KIADB, the shady SCAM machine of the Karnataka Govt, is the usual suspect!! The Land Mafia in Karnataka, especially crooked Ministers utilise the shady bureaucrats of KIADB for their dirty schemes. This is how : * The Karnataka government’s Commerce and Industries Department acquired 305 acres and 23 guntas, "without noticing the nature of the land" in 1985 & 1987, under the provisions of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Act to develop the Kadugodi Industrial Area! What kind of officials do not notice the nature of a forest land? Even if they are retired, they need to be brought back and prosecuted! * Another 141 acres was handed over to the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) by the Mysore reserve Police in 1972. * Rumour has it that of 711 acres of Forest land, only 60 acres are left as forest. Kadugodi tree park is 22 acres and the Forest Dept opposite ITPL is some 37 acres.😢 ATTEMPTS BY FOREST DEPT TO RESTORE FOREST STIFLED: * In 2006, the joint Legislature committee set up to look into the encroachment of government land, headed by A T Ramaswamy, had surveyed this area and reported that Kadugodi Plantation Reserve Forest had been encroached upon by the Railways, KIADB, police department, animal husbandry department etc. * The original document of this property goes back to the notification of June 2, 1896 published in Mysore Gazette, described as Kadugodi Plantation in survey number 1 to the extent of 711 acres. * Digging into the old records, assistant commissioner, Bengaluru North, N Mahesh Babu, traced out the 1896 copy of the notification and put in place the layers of records, to finally prove that the land belongs to government and is a s a forest land. * Subsequently, RTC was entered into the Revenue Dept records, establishing 711 Acres as a forest land, in 2015! Subsequently, the Karnataka Forest Dept @aranya_kfd initiated process to recover the entire Forest land, however, it was blocked by vested interests.. There is a rumour that one of the affected beneficiaries of the encroachment challenged the recovery of forest land by the Forest Dept in the Supreme Court, and due to poor representation by the State Govt, the Supreme Court is supposed to have issued a stay or order against the recovery? This needs to be thoroughly investigated. How can the Govt be so careless about such an important matter? Just the way the Govt employs the most expensive lawyers to protect its derelict officials, or real estate interests, or to withhold elections to BBMP, cant it employ the best legal resources to save a forest? Bengaluru desperately needs this lung space! Whitefield in particular has become a concrete slum, with the lowest liveability parameters. If there is anything most precious to this area, it is a green lung space! THIS FOREST SHOULD BE RESTORED AND REVIVED, ALL CONCRETISATION SHOULD BE REMOVED. DEFORESTERS SHOULD BE PUNISHED! The million dollar question is... will Bengaluru come together to fight for the Kadugodi Forest as Hyderabad did to fight for Kancha Gachibowli? We have a long tradition of fighting for small causes and missing the big ones... EG: We fought for the 800 odd trees with #SteelFlyoverBeda campaign... But we sat around twiddling our thumbs when 7,500 trees were being cut for the KRDCL Surrounding Roads Project.... Right now, we are fighting to save around 400 trees next to Cantonment Railway station, but will be be mute spectators to the destruction of our largest 700 acres forest by commercial interests and an apathetic Govt? FRESH HOPE? On 15th May 2025, the Supreme Court passed a landmark order directing all States & UTs To Handover Possession Of ‘Forest Lands’ To Forest Department Does the recent judgement bode for Kadugodi Forest? Will it be recovered fully and entrusted to Forest Dept? Click on link below to see order: verdictum.in/amp/court-updat… @eshwar_khandre @aranya_kfd @moefcc @byadavbjp @PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn ---------------------------------- IMAGES: *The first image shows the spread of the forest in records, most of which has been encroached by Govt agencies, primarily KIADB, and sub let to other industries, most of which are defunct. It is a LAND GRAB SCAM OF MASSIVE PROPORTIONS! * The second image is a screenshot from google maps showing recent deforestation next to the Good Shed Terminal. * The third image shows a post by a real estate portal involving this forest land * The fourth image shows the RTC on Revenue Dept portal that shows the 711 acres as forest land SOURCES: bangaloremirror.indiatimes.c… thenewsminute.com/karnataka/… ------------------------- @PMOIndia @byadavbjp @moefcc @NITIAayog @UNFCCC @down2earthindia @CSEINDIA @SDG2030 @UN_SDG @4Post2020BD @atree_org @conserve_ind @MongabayIndia @Indian_Rivers @indiawater @sustainBLR @TrustBangalore @esgindia1 @LetMeBreathe_In @NoTreesNoWater @LetIndBreathe @AikyamCommunity @c40cities @greentweetarmy @civicbangalore @CAFBengaluru @Namma_Bengaluru @bengalurupost1 @BengaluruAgenda @east_bengaluru @BAFBLR @WF_Watcher @BangaloreRepair @namma_BTM @NammaWhitefield @WFRising @bbmpcac @pgpreeti92 #BrandBengaluru #RuinedCity #Lawlessness #Corruption #UnplannedDevelopment #UrbanRuin #ITSlum #SiliconSewer #SaveForests #ClimateChange

In today’s meeting with DCM Shri @DKShivakumar, I presented an Alternative Sustainable Mobility Action Plan, which is a holistic and comprehensive roadmap for decongesting Bengaluru. Sharing key points from the presentation here. 1/n

We had a very constructive meeting with Deputy CM ⁦@DKShivakumar⁩ to agree to an action plan to fix key infra bottlenecks in roads, ORR, PRR drainage traffic n garbage. ⁦@TVMohandasPai⁩ ⁦@GBAChiefComm⁩ ⁦@TheTanveerAhmed⁩ ⁦@rk_misra⁩

What a joke this tunnel obsession has become! Every day, a new alignment is announced, a new exit or entry point is altered. And all of this is done in the most ad hoc and whimsical manner. Even people building a small house on a 30x40 Site will have better planning than the ones heading this project. Stop this madness and build metro on time, give us better roads and complete the pending projects.

A 30x40 site owner may have to spend around Rs 4 lakh to switch from B Khata to A Khata Regularising B Khatas also means permanently losing space for parks and playgrounds Hope the additional money returns as parks and greenery, not for drains & roadworks