Key Points
The sheer speed of expansion of the once laid-back city has left urban planners gasping for breath..
Its salubrious climate attracted billions of dollars of investments in the tech sector transforming it from a pensioners paradise to a tech and startup hub...
In 2007, the state government expanded the civic bodys limits by adding eight urban local bodies and 111 villages around the city.. ..
While this was complex enough, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), the urban regulator as well as a developer of housing layouts, has been taking the city miles beyond the civic bodys (BBMP) limits.. Eyeing extra funds, the BDA has littered the city with under-developed layouts that are a haven for property brokers and speculators..
The previous BJP regime decided to increase the number of municipal wards in the city from 198 to 243, but the present Congress regime wants the number cut to 225...
