BDA `G' sites go to hi-fliers

BANGALORE: Chief Minister S.M. Krishna has allotted 85 sites under his discretionary quota (`G'' category) to personalities in various fields. The statistics was furnished in a written reply to H. Honappa JD (S) in the Legislative Council on Thursday.
The allottees are ministers R. Ramalinga Reddy, M. Diwakar Babu, S.S. Mallikarjuna, M. Mallikarjun Nagappa and Baburao Chavan, Deputy Speaker Manohar H.Tahsildar, tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi, cricketer Vijay R.Bharadwaj, yesteryears film heroine Pandari Bai, former minister M. Raghupathy, former mayor M. Ramachandrappa, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Secretary S. Narayan, former Miss World Lara Datta, Software Technology Park of India Director B.V. Naidu, MPs Iqbal Ahmed Saragi, R.S. Patil and Vinay Kumar Sorakke; MLAs Dinesh Gundu Rao, Anusuyamma Nataraj, A.S. Guruswamy, G.V. Siddappa, D.G. Shantanagouda, H.C. Basavaraju, Katta Subramanya Naidu, Venkataramannappa, N. Yogish Bhat, Siraj Sheikh, Vadnal Rajanna, N. Gopalakrishna, Basanth Reddy Mothukapalli, Marilinge Gowda, A. Narayanaswamy, Sharanappa Sunagaara, K. Gopala Poojari, R. Narayana, Raja Venkatappa Naik, N. Sampangi, Syed Azeem Peer S. Khadri, S.P. Muddahanume Gowda, M. Shankara Reddy, H.R. Alaguru, B.G. Shantana Gowda, G.V. Siddappa and P.T. Parameshwara Naik, MLCs T.S. Mruthyunjayappa, V.R. Sudarshan, Nirmala Venkatesh, Vimala Gowda, C. Ramesh, Jalaja Naik and Winifred Fernandes; former MLAs M. Akbar Ali and K. Kushal; former MLC Prafulla Madhukar; additional registrar of co-operative societies R. Sitaram; former passport officer T.V. Nagendra Prasad, advocate V. Krishna Bhat, journalists E.V. Satyanarayana (Prajavani), A. Gunda Bhat (Samyukta Karnataka), B.S. Arun (Deccan Herald), Girish Nikam (Newstime), K.G. Vasuki (ANI), B.P. Mallappa (Sanjevani), V.V. Mallikarjuna (Kannada Prabha), M. Siddaraju (PTI), G.A. Prasanna Kumar (Udayavani), Rudrappa (Vijaya Karnataka), B.R. Srikanth (Outlook), Habib Beary, Hunaswadi Rajan (Samyukta Karnataka), K.M. Shivaraj (freelance), Shashidhar Bhat (Zee), H.R. Ranganath (Kannada Prabha), M.C. Satyanarayana (former Kannada Prabha editor); cartoonist N.K. Ranganath, Major B.M. Cariappa; physically-handicapped sportsperson G. Venkataramanappa; kabaddi player C. Honnappa; Lt. Col. S. Kumar; Champa Prakash; H. Ramalingaiah; B.V. Srinivasa Murthy; D.P. Umadevi; P. Kamaladevi, Anantha Prasad and Shivalinga N.
WHAT''S G CATEGORY?
As per BDA norms, 30 per cent of stray sites are reserved for allotment under `G'' category. Stray sites are those which the BDA re-acquires after demolition of unauthorised structures or gains possession after end of litigation. However, the BDA has no role in allotment of `G'' category sites. The rules for allotment reads, ``Persons in public life as may be directed by the government.''''