Overview
- Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced the plan after inaugurating the Lalbagh Flower Show on Thursday, saying the state will develop three large public gardens modelled on Lalbagh.
- The government has formally written to the Centre seeking permission to build one park on Defence land and Shivakumar said he will meet the Union Defence Minister to press the request.
- Two additional parks are proposed on forest land and the state has held talks with Forest Department officials about those sites.
- The Greater Bengaluru Authority, the Bangalore Development Authority and the Horticulture Department are named as implementing agencies but no approvals, detailed sites or timelines have been confirmed.
- Lalbagh is a historic botanical garden and past plans to convert forest reserves into parks have faced legal and local opposition so the projects could trigger environmental reviews, clearance hurdles and community pushback.