A senior BBMP official stated, “In Bengaluru South, 5,982 notices were issued, and 377 establishments are yet to adopt the requirement. In the East Zone, notices were issued to 8,634 establishments, all of which have complied.
Both Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, who is also the minister for Bengaluru development, have said nobody will be allowed to take the law into their hands.
The KRV’s influence and network, built over two decades, means parties have avoided locking horns with it, with Siddaramaiah govt equally cagey in response after the recent round of vandalism