If Karnataka government's latest bill gets the Governor's nod, the city of Bengaluru could lose its moniker of the Garden City. The Karnataka government has decided to reduce open spaces and parks to 10 per cent of the area in future layouts. The Karnataka Urban Development Authorities Bill seeks not just to reduce the required open spaces in layouts to 10 per cent, but also reduce the area to be earmarked for civic amenities to just five per cent.
