Kempegowda Layout turns dumpyard, residents fume

BENGALURU:

Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout

is the biggest dishonour that the

Bangalore Development Authority

has done to the person considered to be the city’s founder, residents said, citing the abysmal state of affairs.


A decade after it was notified by

BDA

,

Kempegowda Layout

has turned into a dumpyard. “If Bengaluru’s architect Kempegowda visited the area, he would have insisted on removing his name from the layout,” said HK Gowdaiah, resident of the layout’s 3rd Block.

The BDA’s lackadaisical approach to provide amenities has resulted in the layout not having roads, streetlights, sanitary lines and water connections. Only a few allottees have preferred to build houses on their plots. The vacant plots are only drawing trucks that dump waste indiscriminately.

Gowdaiah lamented that with no basic facilities provided, no one is willing to construct houses. During a visit to the layout on Monday, a TOI team found garbage dumps on several plots and spaces earmarked for parks. A few labourers were seen installing manholes but the layout needs more to be done.

Residents alleged that trucks from as far as

Kengeri

and Yeshwantpur come and dump garbage in their midst. They said bulk waste generators and BBMP vehicles too come and throw waste in the layout. The area is also littered with construction debris.