Commissioner to probe closure of lake

Commissioner to probe closure of lake
The Times of India

Bangalore: Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice B S Patil of the High Court on Tuesday appointed advocate Mamatha Kulkarni as court commissioner to investigate the closure of Mahadevapura Lake near Hoskote. The order was passed after a PIL was filed by N Nagaraj, MLA of Mahadevapura constituency. The petition contended that a developer had been dumping debris on the tank bund and was constructing a permanent road by closing the lake.
The developers contended that they were interested in the betterment of the lake and road construction. The lake development authority, however, contended that no road was being constructed as claimed in the PIL and the builder had not been authorised to construct a road in the first place.