Bengaluru Urban district authorities on Saturday bulldozed several structures of a holiday resort running illegally on a lake land in Anekal taluk. According to Anekal tahsildar Asha Parveen, Meenakshi Resort, spread across 25 acres of land, had encroached upon one acre and 21 guntas of land in Nanjapura village of Jigani hobli. She said the land belongs to Sanjay Goel of Haryana, which Vajra Kumar Jain had taken on a monthly rent of Rs 9 lakh to run the resort.
Lake land encroached
Parveen said, “The resort (in survey number 27 of Nanjapura) did not have any approach road. So the owner of the land encroached the lake land and developed a road on it. We demolished the boundary wall of the resort and took possession of it.”
She said the entire resort was operating illegally since running a business on agricultural land is not permitted. A report will be sent to the deputy commissioner to initiate action against the owner of the property.
Action at other places
Around 15 acres of government land was also recovered in taluk in the of villages Mantapa, Dasanapura, Marsur, Balagarnahlli and Pandithana Agrahara. The value of the recovered property in Anekal taluk is estimated at Rs 40 crore. The district authorities raided an illegal filter sand production unit at Varthur village in Tavarekere hobli of Bengaluru south taluk on Saturday and took possession of the entire property and lodged a complaint with the local police against them for carrying out illegal activities.
Burial ground recovered
In another action, Bangalore East tahsildar Thejas Kumar and his team reclaimed half-an-acre of government land in Munnekolalu Village. A burial ground on two acres which was encroached upon, was also recovered in Bidarahalli hobli of the East taluk.
Published 03 December 2016, 20:05 IST