<p>The political slugfest at Krishnarajapuram found an echo in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council meeting on Thursday when the areas’s BJP corporator K Poornima accused Congress MLA from KR Puram constituency Byrathi Basavaraju of allowing encroachment of footpaths.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy and BBMP Commissioner G Kumar Naik were taken by surprise when Poornima sought permission to build shops and bus shelters on pavements.<br /><br />Poornima said, “There are many poor people who want shops. Allow them to construct shops on pavements.”<br /><br />She said a bus shelter and 13 shops under the sign ‘APJ Abdul Kalam Vision 2020’ have come up on a footpath in Krishnarajapuram.<br /><br />She said, “The Supreme Court guidelines clearly prohibit construction of even a bus shelter on the pavement as it encroaches on the rights of pedestrians. How were such shelters allowed to come up?”<br /><br />She further sought to know whether any structure named after renowned persons like APJ Abdul Kalam can be demolished.<br /><br />Submitting photographs of the encroachment to the Mayor and the Commissioner, she threatened to stage a demonstration if the structures were not removed.<br /><br />The warning irked Congress corporators from KR Puram Assembly constituency who said they would call a Bengaluru Bandh if the demonstration was allowed.<br /><br />The Mayor quickly intervened and admonished the Congress corporators for exceeding their limits. He then assured Poornima he would visit the spot with the Commissioner.</p>
<p>The political slugfest at Krishnarajapuram found an echo in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike council meeting on Thursday when the areas’s BJP corporator K Poornima accused Congress MLA from KR Puram constituency Byrathi Basavaraju of allowing encroachment of footpaths.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mayor B N Manjunath Reddy and BBMP Commissioner G Kumar Naik were taken by surprise when Poornima sought permission to build shops and bus shelters on pavements.<br /><br />Poornima said, “There are many poor people who want shops. Allow them to construct shops on pavements.”<br /><br />She said a bus shelter and 13 shops under the sign ‘APJ Abdul Kalam Vision 2020’ have come up on a footpath in Krishnarajapuram.<br /><br />She said, “The Supreme Court guidelines clearly prohibit construction of even a bus shelter on the pavement as it encroaches on the rights of pedestrians. How were such shelters allowed to come up?”<br /><br />She further sought to know whether any structure named after renowned persons like APJ Abdul Kalam can be demolished.<br /><br />Submitting photographs of the encroachment to the Mayor and the Commissioner, she threatened to stage a demonstration if the structures were not removed.<br /><br />The warning irked Congress corporators from KR Puram Assembly constituency who said they would call a Bengaluru Bandh if the demonstration was allowed.<br /><br />The Mayor quickly intervened and admonished the Congress corporators for exceeding their limits. He then assured Poornima he would visit the spot with the Commissioner.</p>
