Key Highlights
- In Bengaluru, this question is usually asked only after bulldozers arrive — once homes are razed, livelihoods disrupted, and families pushed out overnight.
- On December 20, the Bangalore Solid Waste Management Limited (BSWML), acting with the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), demolished over 160 houses in Kogilu, north Bengaluru.
- Multiple surveys followed — by government agencies, the Housing Department, and NGOs, but nearly a month later, no rehabilitation or interim housing has been provided.
- Families remain displaced, living with relatives or on the margins of nearby neighbourhoods.
- Unlike cities such as Delhi or Mumbai, where nearly half the population lives in informal settlements, Bengaluru has seen a sharp rise in such habitations in recent decades.
