Beware of property scam in Bangalore, Gangs extorting money in the name of BDA and BBMP
Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) warned citizens against scams designed to target beneficiaries of civic amenity (CA) sited and akrama sakrama Many gangs are misusing the name of BDA and illegally collecting money from individual, organizations, and trusts which have been allotted CA sites across the city. These fraudsters tell representatives of BDA that the land is being used for commercial purposes in contravention of the rules and that allotment would be canceled if they failed to pay bribe. A civic amenity site is an area that has been earmarked for development of facilities for public use (such as running a hospital or home for disable. or education institutions or for religious and charitable reasons) in a private or BDA layout. According to BDA's civic amenities sites rules of 1989, 10% of land in every layout has to be reserved for civic amenities and these sites are leased for different institutions for...