The Legislative Assembly, on Monday, adopted the Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Bill, which among other things seeks to reduce the area to be reserved for parks and open spaces in residential layouts to be developed by urban development authorities.
The Bill seeks to reduce the area to be reserved for public parks and playgrounds in the layouts from the present 15 per cent of the total area to 10 per cent. It also seeks to reduce the area to be reserved for civic amenities from the present 10 per cent of the total area to five per cent.
The Bill was adopted without any discussion amidst protests by the Opposition members, who were demanding the resignation of Minister K.J. George in connection with the death of Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy.
It also provides for inclusion of legislators of the jurisdictional area concerned, a representative of the power supplier from the area, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Zilla Panchayat and the Deputy Registrar of the Co-operative Societies as the members of the Urban Development Authority.
