BMIC: House panel being considered to examine ‘violations’

MLAs want government to take over project

July 24, 2014 11:28 am | Updated 11:28 am IST - BANGALORE:

The State government on Wednesday agreed to consider the demand by members of the Legislative Assembly to form a House committee to look into the alleged violations of the frame work agreement (FWA) by the promoters of the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project.

“We will examine the demand and get back to the House soon on the stand of the government,” Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T.B. Jayachandra told the Assembly on Wednesday.

It was Janata Dal (Secular) Floor leader H.D. Kumaraswamy who first suggested that a House committee be formed to look into the alleged violations by the project promoters, as members cutting across party affiliations were demanding it.

His suggestion was endorsed by the entire Opposition. Following this, Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa asked the government to put an end to the suspicion about the BMIC project through an inquiry. Mr. Jayachandra said the government would examine the demand and announce its decision.

Earlier, several members including S.R. Vishwanath, S. Suresh Kumar and M. Satish Reddy (Bharatiya Janata Party), Manjunath (JD-S), and S.T. Somashekar (Congress) accused the BMIC promoters of hoodwinking the government and violating norms in collusion with officials. Mr. Vishwanath demanded that the government scrap the agreement with the BMIC promoters and take over the project. Charging the promoters with giving 1,291 acres of government land, given for the project, on lease to private companies, he demanded that a CBI probe be ordered into such irregularities.

The other members agreed and alleged that farmers who lost their lands to the project were yet to get compensation.

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