BDA ready with mega layout plan

Bangalore: The BDA has said that it is ready with its plans for a 5,000 acre ‘mega layout.’

BDA commissioner M.N.Vidayshankar on Tusesday said the authority will start work after legal matters (litigation around Arkavathy Layout) are clear up. “Besides, the BDA board also has to clear the project,” he said.

According to him, the BDA has identified an Indian agency to do satellite surveys of the 5,000 acres needed for the Rs.1,800 – crore project. While he would not disclose where the project would come up (“land prices will go up if I specify the area”), he said satellite surveys would ensure that this project won’t be bogged down by litigations from affected landowners.

Layout renamed: BDA’s Anjanapura Layout is to be renamed Lal Bahadur Shastry Layout to honour the late Prime Minister,as part of his centenary year celebrations. On Tuesday. MP and son of the late PM Anil Shastry and his wife manju visited the layout.