Overview
- The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed eight Bills in about an hour on Monday, approving the Parks (Preservation) Amendment and seven other measures without any debate while opposition members protested inside the House.
- The parks amendment allows the state to alienate up to five percent of any park or garden for government public‑utility projects and explicitly counts land previously taken out of parks toward that five percent limit.
- The law sets up an evaluation committee led by the Additional Chief Secretary to assess proposed uses and exempts routine horticulture department works from the ceiling.
- The change is tied to the proposed 17‑km Hebbal–Central Silk Board tunnel, which sources say needs roughly six acres of Lalbagh temporarily and one acre permanently, and Adani Enterprises is reported as the lowest bidder after its chairman met the chief minister the day before.
- The session widened political and civic fallout: opposition parties demanded the resignation of Minister B. Nagendra after he was chargesheeted, citizen groups warned of loss of urban green space, and observers say the next steps to watch are the committee’s recommendations, project approvals and any legal or public challenges.