Demolition drive put off in Girinagar

Demolition drive put off in Girinagar
Deccan Herald

The Bangalore Development Authority Ta-sk Force arrived at its favourite spot, Girinagar, on Friday to demolish the 750 houses which had come up in the area.

The Bangalore Development Authority Ta-sk Force arrived at its favourite spot, Girinagar, on Friday to demolish the 750 houses which had come up in the area. The BDA which owns over 80 acres of land in the Girinagar area saw the houses being built during its 25-year legal battle with Vishwa Bharathi House Building Co-operative Society.

As many as 1,500 members of the Society living in Girinagar gathered and protested the demolition move. By 5 pm, however, the officials backed off, without bringing down any building as they “didn’t have sufficient police force to back their drive”.

According to BDA officials, except for 37 houses, whose owners had brought a stay order, the other houses could be demolished.


The owners of these 37 houses have obtained an interim stay order of eight weeks, (up to November 4), from the High Court. And as per the stay, the construction activities, being carried out by the people, cannot be disturbed.

‘Revisit soon’

“We are free to demolish the houses there, whenever we want to. Since it was not possible today, we will revisit the area soon,” the official added.