Bengaluru: BDA’s lapse leaves 300 families of Banashankari layout on shaky land
BENGALURU: Hundreds of site and property owners in BDA-developed Banashankari 6th Stage Layout in south Bengaluru are looking down the barrel, a day after the Karnataka High Court quashed proceedings over acquisition of 16 acres of land. More than 300 sites of 60ftx40ft dimension have been carved out from the land under dispute. Now, a huge question mark hangs over the future of these sites and houses built on them. The high court quashed the acquisition proceedings as BDA had failed to take possession of the land it had sought to acquire 24 years ago, providing big relief to its…