Vadodara: After row over construction works at Kamatibaug garden, a new controversy has erupted over construction activities at Badamdi Baug garden.
Congress councilor Ami Ravat has served a legal notice to the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) municipal commissioner demanding that construction of conference hall and civic utility centre at Badamdi Baug be immediately stopped.
VMC's standing committee has approved the construction of conference hall and civic utility centre at the garden at an estimated cost of Rs 4.10 crore under Swarnim Jayanti Yojana.
Alleging that the construction will convert the neglected garden into a concrete jungle, Ravat has demanded that the green space in heart of the city be kept as garden.
"VMC is already constructing conference halls in zonal offices and offices which are very near to the garden. What is the need of a new video conference hall and that too at the cost of a garden," said Ravat, adding that the garden already has an office of Registration of Birth and Death below an art gallery which can be used as a civic utility centre.
She argued that even legally such construction cannot be permitted as only ten percent space in a garden can be used for construction purpose which is already utilized at Badamdi Baug.
"As per section 39 of General Development Control Regulation, any construction activity even by government needs approval from concerned town planning department, which is not taken in this case," she said, adding that the proposed site of 5,000 square feet plus 1,500 square feet for parking and margins will literally occupy the entire garden.
Congress councilor Ami Ravat has served a legal notice to the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) municipal commissioner demanding that construction of conference hall and civic utility centre at Badamdi Baug be immediately stopped.
VMC's standing committee has approved the construction of conference hall and civic utility centre at the garden at an estimated cost of Rs 4.10 crore under Swarnim Jayanti Yojana.
Alleging that the construction will convert the neglected garden into a concrete jungle, Ravat has demanded that the green space in heart of the city be kept as garden.
"VMC is already constructing conference halls in zonal offices and offices which are very near to the garden. What is the need of a new video conference hall and that too at the cost of a garden," said Ravat, adding that the garden already has an office of Registration of Birth and Death below an art gallery which can be used as a civic utility centre.
She argued that even legally such construction cannot be permitted as only ten percent space in a garden can be used for construction purpose which is already utilized at Badamdi Baug.
"As per section 39 of General Development Control Regulation, any construction activity even by government needs approval from concerned town planning department, which is not taken in this case," she said, adding that the proposed site of 5,000 square feet plus 1,500 square feet for parking and margins will literally occupy the entire garden.
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