Construction of houses on lake beds would not be allowed, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.

Speaking to media persons during his inspection of rain-affected Nagappa Layout in Ramamurthy Nagar in KR Puram Assembly constituency he said, the notification allowing construction of housing layout on lake bed has been cancelled. There is no question of sanctioning any layouts on lands notified as lake beds, he asserted.

Replying to a pointed question on BDA issuing a notification to convert a piece of land identified as part of a water body into land for the residential purposes at Doddabettahalli village in Yelahanka taluk, the Chief Minister said, “the notification has been withdrawn immediately.”