The Rajya Sabha MP from Bengaluru for Bharatiya Janata Party Rajeev Chandrasekhar met the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike (BBMP) Commissioner, BH Anil Kumar, IAS. In this meeting, he sought legal action against excessive and illegal commercial activity in residential areas of Namma Bengaluru.
Earlier, In September, Rajeev had urged residents and resident welfare associations of Bengaluru to file complaints with the civic body against illegal establishments like pubs and massage parlours that are creating a public nuisance.
In the recent meeting, he said that if the Joint Commissioners of BBMP do not act on such complaints then he, along with Bengaluru Central MP PC Mohan and other BJP MLAs, will take up the complaints with BBMP. Keeping his word, Rajeev Chandrasekhar met & presented a list of demands to the BBMP commissioner. According to Rajeev, he received over 120 complaints from the residents and resident welfare associations stating that no action has been taken over their complaints by the civic administration.
"Serious questions arise about BBMPs responsiveness to citizens reporting illegalities – it is BBMP's solemn obligation to do everything to uphold the law," read the letter.
"Serious questions arise about BBMPs responsiveness to citizens reporting illegalities – it is BBMP's solemn obligation to do everything to uphold the law," read the letter.
He has also urged the BBMP officials to take legal action on these illegalities and come up with rules and guidelines for the legal establishments. Rajeev handed over a list of recommendations to the BBMP Commissioner.
Here's what the recommendations were:
- Direct all zonal Additional Commissioner/JCs/Sec to take action on these kinds of irregularities, immediately and transparently.
- A standard process to be followed for both the complaints and actions to be put on the BBMP website.
- It is understood that unscrupulous elements in BBMP use these complaints to extort money and demand bribes. You must take steps to put an end to such irregularities.
- BBMP must urgently come with guidelines and rules for all legal commercial establishments in residential areas.
- BBMP must be responsible for serving the city of Bengaluru and I would urge you to implement this culture of accountability and transparency in BBMP.
