<p>Mayor B S Satyanarayana on Monday, directed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials to take immediate steps to recover all major stormwater drain (SWDs) areas that have been encroached upon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He ordered the Palike to take action regarding clearing the major SWDs following a complaint by Jayanagar MLA, B N Vijay Kumar, at a meeting held at the BBMP head office. <br />Vijay Kumar rued that despite several meetings, no action had been taken to clear the encroachments on SWDs. <br /><br />Survey conducted<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner (Bangalore Urban), G C Prakash said a survey has already been conducted to determine the extent of encroachments.<br /><br />“Apart from clearing the encroachments, the major SWDs should be fenced,” the mayor said. <br /> “The survey has been conducted by the survey, revenue and engineering department officials. We have survey report of 934 lakes and 99 villages. I request the details of encroachment be made available on BBMP website,” he said. <br /><br />Palike Commissioner M Lakshminarayana directed chief engineer (lakes) to obtain the report from the deputy commissioner’s office and upload it on the official website of the Palike. <br /><br />Chief engineer (SWD) said that the work on 32 major SWDs would begin from next week.</p>
<p>Mayor B S Satyanarayana on Monday, directed Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials to take immediate steps to recover all major stormwater drain (SWDs) areas that have been encroached upon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>He ordered the Palike to take action regarding clearing the major SWDs following a complaint by Jayanagar MLA, B N Vijay Kumar, at a meeting held at the BBMP head office. <br />Vijay Kumar rued that despite several meetings, no action had been taken to clear the encroachments on SWDs. <br /><br />Survey conducted<br /><br />Deputy Commissioner (Bangalore Urban), G C Prakash said a survey has already been conducted to determine the extent of encroachments.<br /><br />“Apart from clearing the encroachments, the major SWDs should be fenced,” the mayor said. <br /> “The survey has been conducted by the survey, revenue and engineering department officials. We have survey report of 934 lakes and 99 villages. I request the details of encroachment be made available on BBMP website,” he said. <br /><br />Palike Commissioner M Lakshminarayana directed chief engineer (lakes) to obtain the report from the deputy commissioner’s office and upload it on the official website of the Palike. <br /><br />Chief engineer (SWD) said that the work on 32 major SWDs would begin from next week.</p>
