Malleswaram | Mantri Greens | 41 fl Tower + Mall + Hilton hotel + Apartments

[avinash2060]

Mantri developers, who had taken on city legislators and corporators, find themselves at the receiving end again. The BBMP is now accusing the builders of encroaching on 4.38 acres of valuable land belonging to the railways in Malleswaram, on Jakkarayanakere and a public road.

A report by a three-member committee which conducted extensive probe, says Hamara Shelters, promoted by Mantri, legitimately owns only 9.23 acres of the 19.01 acres in its possession and used for various purposes. The BBMP intends to slap notice on Mantri, cancel the khata of the encroached land and the Transferable Development Rights (TDR) claimed for three acres, and also evict it from government land.

It could revise the building plan given by Mantri for construction of a Metro Rail station in Malleswaram as some of the land in question is also allegedly encroached. But it appears Mantri may not be entirely at fault in the matter. The National Textile Corporation (NTC),which sold 18.27 acres to the builders, had documentation rights only for 9.23 acres, it is claimed. The public road, lake area and railway property were actually encroached upon by the NTC and not Mantri, allege sources.

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chann...bbmp-wrath-755

[avinash2060]

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[HedonistAtBlr]

^Excellent find Avi

[avinash2060]

[avinash2060]

[strike2]

Originally Posted by avinash2060

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Love it ......but i hope those BBMP babus let Mantri build this cool station
But i sincerely hope the Mantri guys have done a proper traffic analysis coz once all this comes up it is going to put tremendous pressure on the already saturated Sampige road

[avinash2060]

A criminal collusion between the Mantri Developers, the National Textile Corporation (NTC) and some revenue officers of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has cast its shadow over the controversial Swastik Metro Rail Station coming up behind the Mantri Mall in Malleswaram.

An inquiry conducted by the BBMP based on the complaints by local residents, MLA and corporators, reveals that the MoU, which BMRCL and Mantri Developers subsidiary Hamara Shelters have entered into, is illegal. The report has also recommended cancellation of building plan, stopping the work with immediate effect and initiating a criminal action against the builder and officers of NTC.

The inquiry report, which former mayor P R Ramesh extracted under RTI, strongly recommends cancellation of Khatha given to BMRCL for an area of some odd-20,400 sq. mtrs on June 15, 2010. It charges NTC of selling the land to Hamara Shelters, without having a title to the property.

The agreement

The BMRCL has entered into an agreement with the Mantri Group for 99 years on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis. Under the MoU, the builder will part with his 5.04 acres of the 18 acres and 27 guntas of land behind Mantri Mall to the BMRCL for the construction of building. It would construct the Metro station and hand it over to Namma Metro only after 99 years.

The inquiry report says that the 5 acres and four guntas of land on which Swastik Metro Rail Station is coming up on belongs to Hamara Shelters, a subsidiary of Mantri Developers. The reality, however, is that at least two acres of land out of 5.04 acres belong to the Indian Railways, Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) and the state government.

The report further goes into the details of the claims over a land of 18.27 acres in possession of Hamara Shelters, of which the BMRCL wants five acres and four guntas to construct Swastik Station behind Mantri Mall. The inquiry shows that out of 18.27 acres of land, Mantri Developers possess only 9 acres and 23 guntas of land. It says there was a road spread in two acres and 31 guntas in the village map as well as the revenue survey map, which has to be deducted.

The claimed land also includes an acre and 27 guntas of land in Hanumanthapura village and Ketumaranahalli, which belongs to the Railways. Further, 35 guntas of land in Hanumanthapura (Sy No. 3593/1) is actually part of Jakkaraya Lake.

There is another 32 guntas of government land in the south and west. Of the remaining 14 acres and 21 guntas of land, ownership on four acres and 38 guntas land has not been given. This way the developer actually possesses nine acres and 23 guntas.

The report says that out of the claimed 18 acres and 27.5 guntas of land, the builder has got Khatha on 17 acres and 23 guntas. “Going by the survey department report, Khatha given for four acres and 38 Guntas of land should be cancelled,” the report said.

The BBMP report recommends stern action against its revenue officers in Gandhinagar sub-division for preparing a forged khatha document for Mantri Developers. The officers nailed in the report are assistant revenue officer Lakshmamma, Chikkanna, revenue officer Muniappa and Manjunath, deputy commissioner Lingaraju and revenue inspector B N Dayanand.

The report also says that the three acres land that Hamara Shelters gave to the Palike for a road in return for TDR does not belong to the builder.

When contacted, N Sivasailam, Managing Director, BMRCL said: “We received a notice from the BBMP Joint Commissioner only on 29 (August 29), which I haven’t gone through. We were asked to submit our replies by September 2, but as the Joint Commissioner was not available in the office, we could not submit it today (Sept. 2). We will submit it tomorrow (Sept 3). Our legal department is dealing with it. ”

Suvendu Biswas, the PRO of the Railways said: “We have leased a portion of land directly to the BMRCL, but we have not given any part of land to any in*dividual to sell it.”

Former mayor P R Ramesh was critical. “I strongly feel that the BMRCL did not seek any legal opinion before hastily entering into an agreement with Hamara Shelters, a subsidiary of Mantri Developers.”

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...de-report.html

[BodyGuard]

is swatik mantri work started... what will be the height of those buildings... are they taller than mantri pinnacle??

[archzine]

Bloody everybody has hilton hotel? Prestige got sued because they said they are building Hilton Hotel BTW..
What happened with the Mantri Mall controversy? Is there any update?

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by archzine

Bloody everybody has hilton hotel? Prestige got sued because they said they are building Hilton Hotel BTW..
What happened with the Mantri Mall controversy? Is there any update?

Welcome to SSC I architect,well I am a structural engineer BEWARE!! nice to see architects on SSC I

[IndiansUnite]

The design has been tweaked a bit. This is what the facade manufacturer is working on:


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[nandan_ks]

Originally Posted by avinash2060

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Originally Posted by IndiansUnite

The design has been tweaked a bit. This is what the facade manufacturer is working on:


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They are pretty much the same ain't it?

[strike2]

Whatever the design is i just hope they build an awesome metro station

[India101]

Design is very vanilla. Could have made them a more interesting shape, like in the concept design in the first post. But I love the height.

[IndiansUnite]

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

They are pretty much the same ain't it?

The resi tower on the left now has 2 wings (note the gap) and there's a slight change in the facade of the hotel tower on the right.

[avinash2060]

where is the 41 storied office tower coming up if it's hotel and residential tower?

[IndiansUnite]

I thought the tower on the left is residential but I guess not.

[HedonistAtBlr]

Just saw a huge excavated construction site next to the mall as I was passing by...from what i could make out, the foundation seemed complete but the construction hasn't yet reached ground level.

Is this for the two towers or an underground metro station?

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by nandan_ks

Hedo blr metro thread visit maado

[HedonistAtBlr]

Originally Posted by engineer.akash

Hedo blr metro thread visit maado

It's boring...the last time I visited it was probably when the metro began operations

I also NEVER click on bangalore roads or BMTC threads