Overview
- A bench led by Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru noted three earmarked sites with food, water and medical aid for displaced residents and listed the PIL for January 22 after directing the state to file its response within a week.
- Advocate general Shashi Kiran Shetty disputed claims of decades-long occupation, said satellite images would show when structures came up, argued Supreme Court eviction directions cited do not apply, and described the site as a former quarry and landfill affecting groundwater.
- Yelahanka police booked four alleged agents for facilitating unauthorised occupation of government land designated for waste facilities and arrested two of them, with investigations continuing.
- Enforcement extended to Thanisandra on Thursday as the BDA cleared what it called illegal encroachments on nearly two acres, while residents said no notice was served and produced documents they believe validate their homes.
- The Kogilu site was allocated to Bengaluru Solid Waste Management Limited for biomethane and waste-processing units, with officials reporting about 160 structures removed on December 20 as residents contend that roughly 300 houses and thousands of people were affected.