State Act

THE BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE ACT, 2020

This Act was repealed on 15 May 2025 by the Greater Bengaluru Governance Act, 2024 (Karnataka Act 36 of 2025), s.361(1); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

213. Power to make new public streets.-(1)The Zonal Commissioner may at any time with the previous sanction of the Chief Commissioner,- (a) lay out and make new public streets; (b) construct bridges and sub-ways; (c) turn or divert any existing public street for alignment of roads; (d) widen, open, extend or otherwise improve any public street; and (e) lay down and determine the position and direction of a street or streets in any part of Bengaluru notwithstanding that no proposal for the erection of any building in the vicinity has been received. (2) The Bengaluru Development Authority shall assist the Corporation in carrying out its functions. (3) Reasonable compensation shall be paid to the owners and occupiers of any land or buildings which are acquired for or affected by any such purposes. (4) In determining such compensation, allowance shall be made for any benefit accuring to the owner or occupier concerned from the construction or improvement made by the Chief Commissioner.