D K Shivakumar, the minister for development in Bengaluru and the deputy chief minister of Karnataka, has given BBMP Chief Commissioner Tushar Girinath instructions to suspend the officers and engineers responsible for the erroneous construction of a road on Hoskerehalli lake.
Residents had voiced opposition to the project in March of this year, claiming that the road's construction would make it easier to link to an apartment complex near the lake. It was merely a temporary mud road constructed to desilt the lake, according to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), who had stated such at the time.
The operation was authorised to assist a powerful apartment complex owner, according to a minister's office press statement.
