Assess damage caused by builder: HC

The High Court on Friday directed the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to assess the damage caused to residents of Narageshwara Nagenhalli, off Hennur Main Road, where Mantri Developers is coming up with its mega project ‘Mantri Web City.’

Hearing a petition by the residents of Narageshwara Nagenhalli, a division bench comprising Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice Ashok B Hinchigeri directed the BBMP to submit a report within a week. The petitioners had moved the High Court stating the realty firm was resorting to excessive use of explosives damaging the residential structures in the vicinity. 

The petitioners claimed the developers, in the process of removing the solid soil rock bed on the project site, were altering the area’s landscape. “They are using explosives to blast rocks.This is damaging the properties of the people who have constructed their houses with great difficulty. This is also causing noise and air pollution.

The pollution is so severe that many have been admitted to hospital due to various ailments,” Mary Susheela, counsel for the petitioners submitted.