‘Not real estate assets’: Tejasvi Surya slams Karnataka Bill allowing diversion of park land
Karnataka's Cabinet recently passed a bill to allow up to 5% of park land to be diverted for public infrastructure, prompting strong criticism from BJP MP Tejasvi Surya and former forest officials. The proposed amendment threatens to divert land in iconic parks like Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bengaluru, which could disrupt their ecological integrity and historical significance.
Surya emphasized that parks are not simply real estate assets, but vital public, ecological, and intergenerational resources that must be protected. A retired forest officer and former secretariat official, A N Yellappa Reddy, echoed these concerns, questioning the scientific basis for the 5% threshold and warning that accepting this principle could lead to irreversible damage to Bengaluru's urban ecology.
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