BENGALURU: Mysuru’s Comprehensive Development Plan-2031 seems to have run into rough weather.
On Thursday, Urban Development Minister Vinay Kumar Sorake, who had convened a meeting with senior department officials, failed to take any decision on notifying the CDP after discovering that nearly 40 top politicians had encroached upon lands or violated building bylaws. They are said to have made over `1 lakh crore in investments.
The meeting has been postponed to September 21. Earlier this week, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held a review meeting on the Mysuru CDP. Sorake was told by officials that they cannot implement the CDP due to the encroachments, sources said. When the minister asked why no action had been taken, the officials are said to have informed him that they were helpless as top political leaders from all parties were involved in it.
The leaders have constructed commercial complexes violating norms, according to the sources. These structures have come up in 70 places in the city.
“It is not possible to completely implement the CDP,” an official told Sorake. On learning the names of the encroachers, the minister too realised he could do nothing, sources said.
The government is mandated to notify the CDP, that includes Nanjangud, for the next 15 years by October-end. The High Court had given a deadline of eight months in 2014. Following a request by the government, the court extended the deadline by four months. The government has to submit a copy of the final CDP to the court and notify it by October.
Advocate General Ravivarma Kumar is said to have advised the officials to make a few minor changes and submit the CDP to the court. The meeting was attended by Mysuru legislators Tanveer Sait, P Vasu and M K Somashekhar.