Bengaluru: Taxed Yet Neglected in Abhivrudhi Garden Layout
Representative AI image BENGALURU: Abhivrudhi, meaning development, is a garden layout situated in a neglected area between Bengaluru City East Corporation and Kithaganur Gram Panchayat. Despite paying property taxes to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for over a decade, residents continue to lack basic amenities, primarily due to the layout’s borderline position between the two jurisdictions. Residents claim that BBMP has avoided developmental responsibilities, citing jurisdiction issues while still collecting property tax from over 70 properties. Frustrated, they approached the Bengaluru East City Corporation at KR Puram to present a memorandum requesting essential services. “We have endured years of…