Overview
- Bengaluru South authorities executed the KSPCB’s October 6 closure order, sealing Vels/Jollywood Studios in Bidadi and halting Bigg Boss Kannada production.
- Contestants were relocated to Eagleton Resort, while BESCOM and district officials received directions to disconnect power and seize the unit.
- KSPCB inspections documented wastewater discharged outside the premises without treatment, a non-operational 250 KLD STP with no sewage inflow, and unsegregated solid waste.
- The board also cited diesel generator sets running without permission and operations conducted without required consents under the Water Act and Air Act.
- Vels Studios has moved the Karnataka High Court against the action, with a hearing scheduled for Thursday, as Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar urged time for remediation and Environment Minister Eshwar Khandre pointed to repeated non-compliance.