Overview
- Karnataka will allot apartments in Baiyyappanahalli to verified families displaced on December 20, with handovers targeted from January 1.
- Officials were directed to produce a beneficiary list within two days and face action for enabling encroachment on solid-waste land.
- The Baiyyappanahalli complex has 1,087 units, with subsidies up to ₹8.7 lakh for general and ₹9.5 lakh for SC/ST beneficiaries plus ₹5 lakh per home from the GBA.
- The Karnataka State Human Rights Commission sought detailed reports, ordered a legality review through its police wing, and its chair inspected the site.
- BJP leaders alleged the evictees include illegal migrants and pressed for an NIA probe, while D.K. Shivakumar’s “Keralites” remark drew backlash before he clarified his intent.