<p>Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that the state government would explore legal options of getting some relaxation from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on buffer zones around lakes in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>NGT’s directions stipulate 75 metres as a buffer zone around lakes and rajakaluve in Bengaluru, where no construction activity will be allowed. The Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act stipulates a buffer zone of 30 metres.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters after meeting a delegation from CREDAI, an apex body of private real estate developers, Parameshwara said no such restriction had been put in place for any other city except Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The order in its present form was practically impossible to implement. Houses had already come up in buffer zones. Nearly 50% of properties in Bengaluru will have to be demolished if the NGT order is implemented.</p>.<p>The government would explore various options after consulting legal experts, Parameshwara, who also holds the Bengaluru development portfolio, said.</p>
<p>Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara said on Friday that the state government would explore legal options of getting some relaxation from the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on buffer zones around lakes in Bengaluru.</p>.<p>NGT’s directions stipulate 75 metres as a buffer zone around lakes and rajakaluve in Bengaluru, where no construction activity will be allowed. The Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act stipulates a buffer zone of 30 metres.</p>.<p>Speaking to reporters after meeting a delegation from CREDAI, an apex body of private real estate developers, Parameshwara said no such restriction had been put in place for any other city except Bengaluru.</p>.<p>The order in its present form was practically impossible to implement. Houses had already come up in buffer zones. Nearly 50% of properties in Bengaluru will have to be demolished if the NGT order is implemented.</p>.<p>The government would explore various options after consulting legal experts, Parameshwara, who also holds the Bengaluru development portfolio, said.</p>