You may remember reading this last year - Army to close Agara Farm. Each time I am on Inner Ring Road or Sarjapur Road around Agara, I wonder what use is Army putting this vast stretch of Land into. Thanks a million to them, we don't have another middle class slum developing and congesting this area. But if they don't have any serious use planned right now, would they be game to lease it out to us (the citizens) to help create a nice big park cum eco preservation area!? Challaghatta Bagh anyone!?
Here is the stretch of land in question:
For all the growth that our city has seen, how many more Cubbon parks or Lalbaghs have we created? Though BBMP has done a good job of creating small size parks in many localities, there is need for large and quality lung spaces in our city. Developing recreational areas around lakes would be one way of making new public spaces. But a nice big park so close to Koramangala and Indiranagar could be a nice gift to South/East areas of our city.
You never know, sooner or later, growth pressures could see BBMP/BDA thinking of going to Army for making some use of this land. If we can get a big park done in this area before those pressures arise, we could prevent that from happening.
But, I have very little idea of the plans and use Army has for this land. That Hindu news article had said three things
- 483-acre Agram Military Farm ... being disbanded
- Parachute Regiment Training Centre was moved from Agram (probably last year, I don't know exactly when)
- The Agram farm is likely to house the Army Software Development Centre ... and also a Naval unit
At least from Outer ring Road at Agara, there is no activity visible (for a new Naval Unit, or Software development Center as this news article had said). But you never know. If the Army has any plans for future, they wouldn't lose that right by leasing out this farmland to citizens only for creating open public spaces (with zero or minimal construction).
400 acres of new park land in Bangalore, I am sure we are all going slurp slurp at the prospects. But is it possible at all, or just too ridiculous a dream!? If any Defence folks are reading this, could you add some realism please.
regards,
SB aka Pranav
ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯೆಗಳು
Redundancy of Army Establishments in Bangalore
Blessing in disguise
Lung space from Army, for people
Belandur Lake
View Larger Map BBMP should be encouraged to develop this area on an urgent basis, with a PPP model or otherwise. Land swap is a brilliant Idea, should take it forward.
slurp, slurp
Keep the Army and the Lungspace!
User Interaction Designer
Bangalore
Army Land - City comes First
Bad idea : Dont penalise me because my house is green
Suhas
Suhas
A huge park with Bellandur
Re:srkulhalli
User Interaction Designer
Bangalore
Take the dream forward in a best way possible?
Creative but
www.driving-india.blogspot.com
Bad idea : Dont penalise me because my house is green
Let the Army itself develop parks and maintain them
Why be scared?
Fast positive action by Praja required. No scare.
Go a step further
www.driving-india.blogspot.com
How about Bringing the birds back?
User Interaction Designer
Bangalore
Sankey Park model
Bangalore Inc can pour CSR funds
No dearth of funds or ideas.
Still not a good idea
Suhas
Suhas
Re:Suhas
User Interaction Designer
Bangalore
We are a more mature democracy
okay, time to chase this dream
Old race course?
Drive safe. It is not just the car maker which can recall its product.
Bangalore Turf Club
Narayan, mcadambi, You have
Suhas
Suhas
Good thought... but...
Can we resume on this one?
We kind of gave up on pursuing this. Times were bad then due to unstable state govt etc.
Will some people be interested in taking this forward. Will have to start with a meeting with Army folks first.
Some arrangements can be explored where
Actually, I have no idea how this could work - very little of things on Army side. On local government side, I have 'heard' Army is hard to work with and all that. But I am not buying any of that till we meet and hear Army's general stance on things like these.