GBA takes over 8 major BDA layouts: Maintenance, tax collection to shift under new arrangement

Bangalore Development Authority hands over eight well-known layouts to the Greater Bengaluru Authority, with GBA set to manage maintenance, collect taxes, and share responsibility for pending infrastructure works.

In a significant administrative move, the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has officially handed over eight of its residential layouts to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA). With this transfer, the responsibility for civic administration, maintenance, and revenue collection in these areas will now rest with the GBA.

As part of the handover, the GBA will take charge of day-to-day management, upkeep of infrastructure, and collection of property-related taxes from residents in these layouts. The transfer has been carried out with specific conditions to ensure continuity of development and completion of pending works.

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The eight BDA layouts handed over to GBA include:

1.    Banashankari 6th Stage, Blocks 1 to 11
2.    Banashankari 6th Stage Extended Layout – 4th H, B and T Blocks
3.    JP Nagar 9th Phase
4.    JP Nagar 8th Phase
5.    Anjanapura Township Layout
6.    Anjanapura Extended Layout
7.    Sir M. Visvesvaraya Layout, Blocks 1 to 6
8.    Sir M. Visvesvaraya Extended Layout, Blocks 7 to 9

Officials clarified that if basic infrastructure facilities such as roads, drainage, streetlights, or other essential services are still incomplete in any of these layouts, the cost of completing the pending works will be shared equally. Under the agreed terms, BDA and GBA will bear the expenses in a 50:50 ratio.

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The BDA has transferred these layouts with multiple conditions to ensure a smooth transition and avoid disruption to residents. The move is expected to streamline governance and bring uniform civic administration under the GBA for these rapidly growing residential areas of Bengaluru.