Karnataka Assembly adopts BDA Bill to reduce regularisation charges for 1.11 lakh houses

The Bill also proposes to increase the Commissioner’s powers to sanction funds up to ₹5 crore to facilitate urgent works, such as the repair and maintenance of BDA flats, villas and layouts. | Photo Credit: File photo The Legislative Assembly on Thursday adopted three Bills, including the BDA (Amendment) Bill, 2026, which seeks to reduce charges by 50% for the regularisation of unauthorised houses in BDA layouts by providing property documents to their owners.Piloting the Bill, Greater Bengaluru Area Development Minister Krishna Byre Gowda explained that, over the years, several unauthorised private layouts had remained in areas acquired by the BDA for developing layouts. However, some houses in such unauthorised layouts had remained intact within BDA layouts.“We are unable to evict them o