Five years on, 45 land losers for Kadubeesanahalli road-widening to get TDR

Bengaluru: As many as 45 property owners who gave up their land for the widening of Kadubeesanahalli Road will finally receive Transferable Development Rights (TDR) as compensation after five years.

The BBMP head office issued a notification to this effect last week, ending the confusion over which authority is empowered to issue the TDR certificates.

About five years ago, the civic body widened an 800-metre stretch between Kadubeesanahalli Bridge along the Outer Ring Road and Panathur Main Road. It acquired private properties from 45 individuals for the project, but failed to compensate them.

Initially, the BBMP’s Mahadevapura Zone took up the task of issuing the TDR certificates. The process dragged on for five years, but the head office eventually rejected the requests, stating that the zonal office lacked the authority to issue the documents. The delay was also linked to several irregularities in the issuance of these certificates, which can be used for constructing high-rise buildings.

The confusion appears to have ended with BBMP Chief Commissioner M Maheshwar Rao issuing a fresh notification last week.