Bagmane Group admits to encroaching rajakaluve for building its centre in B’luru tech park
BBMP survey confirms Puravankara villas built illegally on stormwater drain; residents shocked
Bengaluru: While Bagmane World Technology Centre of the Bagmane Group has admitted to having encroached upon the stormwater drains (rajakaluve) in the tech park area, it has also said that the main culprit is the adjacent Puravankara Purva Parkridge.
Bagmane World Technology Centre was among the 15 big names accused of having contributed to the flood mess in the state capital last week by encroaching upon drains. An area of approximately 2.4 meters of the drain in the IT Corridor in east Bengaluru has been encroached upon by the Bagmane Centre.
GP Chakravarthi, general manager of the Group, admitted, “We covered the drains with slabs, but only to prevent the backflow of the water from the Mahadevapura Lake. If not, our tech park would have been flooded,” insisting, however, on the role played by Puravankara Purva Parkridge Villas in the flooding of the area.
On Wednesday, a second official survey confirmed an encroachment in the Puravankara Purva Parkridge area. Two of the 140-odd villas of Puravankara Purva Parkridge are constructed near the boundary wall of the tech park and have apparently encroached upon 2.5 meters of the drains.
While a survey by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike last month had already brought to light the encroachment, the residents of the villas refuted the charges. They also approached the court, complaining that the survey had been conducted in their absence.
As a part of a second survey, in the presence of the residents, the Palike officials visited the villas on Wednesday. It was now confirmed that the villas had indeed been constructed illegally on the stormwater drains.
Now, while the executive engineer Malathi R has said that they would further act based on the decision of the court, the residents are shocked by the outcome of the survey. They have, therefore, said they would fight it out in court.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
