Housing is one of the essential basic needs for a
peaceful living which is still remaining a distant dream for the people of Bangalore.On one side the population of the city is growing fast which has
already crossed one crore mark. As such this problem has to be addressed on a
war footing by the Government Agencies to provide affordable housing and thus prevent
haphazard growth of the city.
But the main government agencies dealing with
housing problems i.e., the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and the
Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) are not taking any positive steps to solve this
problem since a long time. This has provided ample opportunities to some of the
unscrupulous developers who are forming illegal layouts and cheating the public
of their hard earned money. This has further lead to the the haphazard,
unplanned growth of the city without proper basic amenities like proper roads,
parks, schools, etc., The government must take stringent steps to curb this
menace immediately before the situation
goes out of control.
The BDA must take immediate steps to form new layouts
with provision for basic amenities to meet the growing needs of housing.The
present practice of simply forming the layouts without providing civic
amenities and making the allottees to wait for several years for facilities may be discontinued. Further, it is suggested that proper rules / guidelines must
be framed for development of private layouts in conformity with the BDA
layouts.Special attention is needed in
providing necessary infrastructure while forming the layouts itself keeping in
view the development of the areas in the next 20 years. Apart from this the BDA
may also take initiative in developing full fledged townships on the outskirts
with civic amenities and better road and rail connectivity. This will ease the
congestion/ pressure on the infrastructure in the central business areas. Further,
the KHB must take up projects to construct houses with good planning and
quality. At present most of the flats constructed by them are remaining unsold
because of high price. On the other hand it is suggested they must construct
affordable flats / houses to cater to the needs of the middleclass, lower
income group and economically weaker sections of society.
The housing needs of the people cannot be fully met
by the government agencies like BDA/KHB alone.Hence,the role of the private
property developers cannot be overlooked. It would be fair and also necessary
in the present situation if the Government encourage private property developers to form layouts. But, it would be better if the government
introduces the single window clearance system for approval of layouts formed by
them to avoid unnecessary delay in granting approval avoiding bureaucratic
bottlenecks which leads to corruption. At the same stringent punishment may be
inflicted on the property developers who violate building bye laws, other
statutory regulations and cheat the public.
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