MLA’s strong lobbying financial restrictions could force states to limit GBA to 709 square kilometers

Strong lobbying and economic restrictions by lawmakers could force the state government to limit the larger Bengaluru Authority (GBA) area to the jurisdiction of the current functioning Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).

The Ministry of Urban Development (UDD) will inform the 2024 Bangladesh Governance Act (GBGA) on Thursday, with a GBA area of ​​709 square kilometers. The current operating areas of citizen institutions are the same. After notification, BBMP operating under the BBMP 2021 Act will no longer exist and new companies with the same nomenclature will appear. The state will appoint an administrator to oversee new collaborations that could be broken down into three to five companies.

In March, the plan was to expand the GBA area when the larger Bengaluru Governance Act was passed in the two houses and sent to the governor. The government envisions including at least 25 booming urban villages in the outskirts of Bangalore. But now the state has changed its position.

A former member of parliament who knows about transition Hindu Once the state informed the BBMP region of expansion, MLA, Devanahalli, Nelamangala, Ramanagara, Mahadevapura and other peripheral regions began lobbying to annex certain areas to enter the GBA.

“This puts a lot of pressure on Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru Development Minister DK Shivakumar. Mr Shivakumar believes it is difficult to meet all the needs of the MLA and now, maintaining a similar BBMP will be rescued by him. After a while, the MLA will also be informed after a while that this is a period of expansion, which is what the front committee said.”

He further said: “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on the other hand, believes that expansion is financially unfeasible as the country is in trouble under economic pressure. In the near future, CM may agree to expansion.”

Experts who are also stakeholders of the BBMP restructuring, confirming this, saying: “The current restructuring will be based on political coercion rather than fundamentals. But this is temporary, because expansion is bound to take place at some point.”

Experts added that under the bill, the state has the option to split the BBMP into as many as seven companies, which provides sufficient scope for the government.