- मैंने रिश्वत दी
- 13 years ago
- 283 दर्शनों की संख्या
Clever strategy of govt officials to extract money at the right time
- Municipal Services
- Building Plan Approval
- Paid INR 8,000
I always tried hard not to fall on the bribe environment. Even I stopped the construction when I was in Chennai when the building sanction officials demanded bribe to sanction and since i refused to bribe the plan never got sanctioned. After I shifted to Bangalore I bought a 1200 sqft plot in KR Puram and identified a builder to construct a house. When I insisted builder to get the plan sanction as per the working diagram, he said that's not possible and there's a common plan for 1200 sqft which has to be submitted and get it approved. He convinced me and I initiated the construction. Almost after 7 months and in the final stages of construction I got to know from the building workers that the BBMP officials came and enquired. I ignored and after 2 weeks they came again and provided a notice saying this is illegal construction. I ignored since the builder said this is normal in Bangalore and let them come back again so that we can talk to them. After 2 weeks they came again with the Demolition notice and that's when i got worried. Somehow through one of the contact, I got the contact of the KR Puram Area Engineer and spoke to him. The area engineer said he need to check the site in person for any deviations. I requested him to ********** in person and he said he will call me back. On the same day his assistant called me and said there are some deviations and to make the officials silent he demanded 25000 rs. I explained him the situation and had to negotiate and finally agreed to pay 8000. Same day i met him and handed over the money since I can't compromise on my building which is in a final stage and invested lot of money. I understood these BBMP officials will make sure the plans are approved that can't be implemented practically and once the public starts building on the plot and during the final stage they will come and issues notice. Since the public would have already invested their hard earned money they have to bend with these BBMP officials. This shows their clever strategy to extract the money from public who are living in a hard earned money. One thing I learnt, read the rules in and out and make sure you stick to it so that we can challenge these officials and if required even on the court.