Bengaluru: It was not just small houses that bit the dust during the demolition drive carried out by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike between Saturday and Monday. Even palatial bungalows costing Rs 3 crore to Rs 30 crore were bulldozed at Shubh Enclave on Haralur Main Road off Sarjapur Road.
“I lost my two bedrooms, including the master bedroom, a spacious dining room and my kitchen to the demolition. I have lost almost 50% of my house that was worth Rs 3 crore,” said Mr Mahendra R., a software engineer who used his savings to build the house and also quit his job to build a startup.
The authorities also demolished nearly 25 per cent of another house, which was worth nearly Rs 40 crore built on the 12th Main in Shubh Enclave by an influential businessman, who is also the brother of an Andhra Pradesh-based politician.
On Monday, BBMP engineers earmarked additional 2.4 metres for demolition and brought down 5 metres of encroachment.
