Bantwala: Novel idea to protect house from flood water
Owner decides to lift his house using jack!
Bantwala, September 4: Normally, during rainy season, people face lot of problems. The people living in low-lying areas have to prepare for facing the worst situation. When the rain water gushes into the houses, the people have to shift themselves elsewhere temporarily. Along with the electronic gadgets, they have to shift other materials too.
Riyaz of Bylaguttu in Sajeepanadu village who encounter such a situation every year, has come out with a novel idea ‘House lifting’ to protect his house from flood water and subsequent problems. During heavy rains, the Netravati river water gushes into some houses in the village. Bylaguttu and Bolame residents have to face this problem every year. They would not have road connectivity. Without any alternative, the residents have to shift themselves temporarily. Depressed over this problem, Riyaz got information on ‘house lifting’ and based on this, he contacted Delhi-based Hari Om Shiva House Lifting and Construction Private Limited and got information. With the help of this company, he has planned to lift his house during flood situation.
So far, the jacks were being used to lift vehicles and now, using these jacks, the entire house can be lifted without allowing the walls to collapse. The house will be constructed along with the walls by digging the ground base.
“I have decided to do this adventure depressed over the flood situation every year. I have got information from the local people and contacted the company which developed a jack to lift my entire house. Already, the work has started and it will be completed in a few days. Around 1000 sq ft house would cost Rs 2.5 lakh for adopting this mechanism”, Riyaz said.
Currently, the house was lifted around one foot above and two more feet should be lifted. Total 180 jacks will be used systematically in all the four corners to lift the house. As and when the house is lifted, the jacks would be removed and bricks would be placed”, he said.
The company is working in Karnataka for the first time. Other construction companies have done such house lifting or shifting works in some places. So far, it was seen in other states. But now, it has entered the coastal region as well to find a solution to the people residing in low-lying areas.
“Earlier, I had the fear of losing the wall. But now, I have to adopt the technology to avoid flood water gushing into the house. We have also decided to adopt this technology to my brother’s house and the work has started. It would cost around Rs 3 lakh”.
- Muhammad Riyaz, House Owner
“This work is being taken up in Karnataka for the first time. The company has done such works successfully in other states including Kerala. It will require one month time. After starting the work of Riyaz’s house, he asked us to lift another house of his brother. The work has already started”.
- Rahul Chauhan, Owner, Hari Om Shiva House Lifting and Construction Company
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Karnataka Assembly passes bill on Palace Grounds amid opposition protest
Bengaluru, Mar 6 (PTI): The Karnataka Assembly on Thursday passed the Bangalore Palace (Utilisation and Regulation of Land) Bill, reaffirming state ownership over 472 acres and 16 guntas of land here, amid protests by the opposition BJP.
During the discussion, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil said the state government would have to provide Rs 200 crore worth of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) for each acre of land, which means that for 15 acres, Rs 3,000 crore worth of TDR would be issued.
“If we accept it, then this 2-km stretch of road will become the costliest road in the world. If we accept it then how are we going to develop the city in later stages? How will you carry out development works?” asked Patil.
He also pointed out that this question was raised not only under the Congress government but also during the previous BJP regime.
However, the BJP-led cabinet has opposed the project.
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“Suppose we agree to it then, what will be the valuation of the 472 acres? It will be lakhs and lakhs of crores of rupees. Can we accept?” Patil wondered.
The Minister said the government had previously exercised its executive powers to issue an ordinance, which was approved by the Governor. Now the government is bringing a bill with two amendments.
“In this bill, we have made provisions either to develop or drop the road development work,” Patil explained.
However, BJP state president B Y Vijayendra and BJP MLA Arvind Bellad opposed the move, alleging that the government was targetting Yaduveer Krishna Datta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the scion of the Mysuru royal family, and the BJP MP from Mysuru-Kodagu constituency out of political vendetta.
“We talk of 472 acres of Mysuru Maharaja but here there are many Maharajas who too own 400 acres, 500 acres and thousands of acres of land, which is known to everyone,” Bellad said.
He slammed the Congress government, saying political power should not be misused for personal vendetta.
“Why (the then Deputy Chief Minister) Siddaramaiah brought the law in 1996 pertaining to the Bangalore Palace? Why are you setting eyes on the Bangalore Palace?” he asked.
Vijayendra charged that Wadiyar won the election on BJP ticket so the state government realised that it should acquire it.
“This bill has been brought for political vengeance. We are not discussing whether Rs 3,000 crore is exorbitant or not but the moment Yaduveer became MP, the state government woke up. You should be ashamed. This house should not be used for political vendetta,” he said.
Intervening, Minister Priyank Kharge said Vijayendra should not have raised it because the intention behind building the road was noble.
According to him, the BJP too had the same plan when it was in power.
He sought to know whether thousands of crores of rupees be spent on a road which should have cost significantly less.
In response, BJP MLA B A Basavaraj (Byrathi) said issuing TDR will not be a burden on the state government and appealed to the ruling Congress to reconsider its stance.
Minister Ramalinga Reddy too explained that the Karnataka government acquired the entire land way back in 1996.
The Mysuru royal family went to the High Court, which gave ruling in favour of the state government. The royal family then approached the Supreme Court, where the case is still going on, the Minister pointed out.
“The final judgment is pending in the SC to decide whether the acquisition was right or wrong. If the SC says it’s the royal family’s property then let it be so. If the order is in the state government’s favour then we can take a decision. The bill is only about it,” Reddy explained.
Speaker U T Khader then called for a voice vote and the bill was passed by the Assembly amidst opposition BJP’s discontent.
