INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Updated: Jan 22, 2020 03:15 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Jan 22 (ANI): Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Mayor, M Goutham Kumar on Tuesday
claimed that BBMP officials have not demolished the houses in Kariyammana Agrahara area in Bengaluru but an assistant executive engineer of
BBMP had given the order.Around 200 'kutcha houses' were demolished here in the Kariyammana Agrahara area on January 18, claiming that the
settlement belongs to illegal Bangladeshis."BBMP officials haven't demolished the houses but an assistant executive engineer of BBMP had
We don't know who had taken up the task
An inquiry is being held at the commissioner level," said Kumar
Electricity and water supply have been allegedly cut off in the locality.Locals, however, said that they are not Bangladeshis and they were
not given the notice of demolition by the state government
However, the district administration said that they have no idea about the demolition and an investigation is underway to find out the whole
matter."I am a resident of Tripura
We were not given notice before the demolition
We are poor people, we cannot afford to rent 'pucca houses' so we stay here
I have all the legal documents," Md Jahangir Hussain, a resident in the area, told ANI."We do not know why they have demolished our houses
We told them we have documents
We have voter identity cards and NRC
They kept calling us Bangladeshi
We have suffered a major loss in terms of infrastructure and basic facilities
We are in fear and facing trouble
They have destroyed my shop," another local said
