This letter was sent by B.PAC to the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri K. Siddaramaiah on June 21st, 2014. This serves as a follow up on our several memoranda for the improvement of quality of life of citizens of Bangalore City.

1. June 21, 2014
Shri. K. Siddaramaiah,
Hon’ble Chief Minister,
Government of Karnataka,
Vidhana Soudha,
Bangalore 560001
Dear Shri. Siddaramaiah ji,
Subject: Follow up on our several memoranda for the improvement of
quality of life of citizens of Bangalore City
We have been writing to you very regularly on various matters in Bangalore City that
require urgent and immediate attention. While we commend the Government on some of
the measures such as completion of the road to International airport, commencement of
work under Tender Sure and keeping the city open till 1 am, there are several other
representations made by us and agreed by you that are pending action. This is making the
day to day life of Bangaloreans extremely difficult and challenging.
Development of the city’s infrastructure and attracting investment and jobs is central to
Karnataka’s economic future. As B.PAC has repeatedly emphasized earlier, there is a crying
need for citizens, government, political leadership, civic bodies, other parastatal agencies
and other stake holders to come together and address them on a war footing.
Bangalore contributes a large share of taxes to the state Exchequer and unless we keep this
momentum up by investing in the city’s development, our rural areas and villages will
suffer. With all the measures that B.PAC has been suggesting time and again, we have a
unique opportunity to make Bangalore the best city in the country in all aspects – Safety
Index, Human Quality Index, Entrepreneurial activity, Investment Climate etc.
Therefore, addressing the challenges of Bangalore is not to be seen as an elitist endeavor
but to be viewed as a pillar of inclusive growth and an economic imperative for augmenting
the State’s finances.
Sir, we at B.PAC (Bangalore Political Action Committee), have met with you, the Minister for
Bangalore, the Home Minister, the Chief Secretary, the Police Commissioner several times
with suggestions on various matters.
B.PAC (Bangalore Political Action Committee), a nonpartisan “not for profit” citizen’s group
that aims at strengthening the democratic process through better governance and
transparency and greater citizens’ engagement with the political leadership, requests your

2. immediate intervention in implementing strong and decisive measures to ensure Bangalore
truly becomes a Global and Sustainable City through strong infrastructure that is inclusive
in character and good governance that attracts investments and creates jobs.
Our Agenda for Bangalore (AfB) to make Bangalore one of the best governed cities
in the country and our initiatives should be a model for all other cities to emulate.
A. URGENT CIVIC ISSUES - Upgrading and developing Bangalore City
Monthly review of progress on “10 point program to resolve pressing civic issues
in Bangalore city”
B.PAC vide its earlier letter dated 28th
August, 2013 and its letter dated 20th
September,
2013 has already submitted a request to your urgent attention to serious infrastructure
bottlenecks in the city that are making life for the average citizen of Bangalore a nightmare.
We have also earlier requested for a monthly review of all our requests herein for the next
12 months including a review of our previous proposal on “10 Point Program to Upgrade
Bangalore City”, which included proposals such as Walker’s Bangalore, Garbage and Debris
Free Bangalore, Sewage Free Lakes in Bangalore and Storm Water Drains, Pot Hole Free
Bangalore and Safe Bangalore. This is to ensure progress on all matters is well on track and
that appropriate and timely actions are taken.
Our earlier letters on critical areas for immediate improvement of civic infrastructure is
attached.
1. GARBAGE AND DEBRIS FREE BANGALORE
The garbage crisis came to a head in August 2012 and a year and a half later we still find
our city filthy with garbage dumps everywhere. Mandur has become a serious health hazard
for citizens leading to public outrage and is fast developing into a political embarrassment.
We must have a 90 day, time bound clean up drive across the city to get rid of garbage,
construction debris and all other litter, supported by strong measures to keep the entire city
clean on an ongoing basis, have helpline centers where citizens can call in case they see a
garbage menace, insist on source segregation by all, institute strong enforcement measures
and stiff penalties for those who litter or do not segregate waste, consistently reduce our
landfill size. Metrics related to progress on waste management should be tracked and

3. released to citizens every quarter. We request time bound implementation of the ‘Kasa
Mukta’ program undertaken by BBMP and that the same be extended to all wards of the
city.
B.PAC is very keen to work with the government to find solutions for the ongoing garbage
crisis.
We offer the following suggestions.
1. Enforce waste segregation by all citizens and penalize citizens and take penal
action against those who do not. Those who segregate their waste must be
incentivized by not having to pay the waste management cess. This will bring the
4500 tonnes of garbage that the city generates and sends to the landfill
down to 2500 tonnes.
2. Insist that existing apartment complexes also put organic convertors in situ within
a time frame of 6 months.
3. Introduce a bill to regulate sending waste from one municipal area to another
municipal area
4. All wards to have dry waste collection centers
5.All wards to have in situ organic waste composting centers
6. Empanelled vendors to process wet and dry waste.
7. B.PAC will take a pilot project in Madivala Market by installing the organic waste
processing machine and operate it for one month on trial basis after which BBMP can
procure the machine and run the processing center.
8. A group of 20 B.CLIP participants from batch 1 have completed their course work
and have taken up Waste Management as their project in their respective wards.
B.PAC offers to supplement the efforts of the BBMP and request government support
to make these projects a success.
Our objective is to reduce the waste going to the land fill and encourage insitu processing
and reduce health hazard for all the residents close to the landfills.

4. We hope you will look at our suggestions positively and work with B.PAC to restore the past
glory of this garden city which is now famous as a garbage city.
2. WALKER'S BANGALORE
The footpaths in Bangalore are a nightmare and pose grave risk for young children and the
elderly. They are often neither uniform nor continuous with several obstacles hindering
accident free walking space for pedestrians. The height between the footpath and the road
is often more than 6 inches which makes it difficult for the elderly to get off and onto the
footpath. A mega program should be initiated to make Bangalore a walking friendly city
over the next 5 years. Each year BBMP should target and ensure 200 Km of well designed,
standardised footpaths that are safe and encourage walking in the city.
3. SEWAGE FREE LAKES IN BANGALORE AND STORM WATER DRAINS
Since the time Shri. Kempe Gowda established the city; Bangalore has been famous for its
lake network. In 1962 the number of live lakes was over 262. It has been steadily coming
down with only about 35 in 1985 and 17 as of now.
Most of our lakes, ponds and other water bodies are highly polluted. The CAG report on
Bangalore has noted that 100 million liters of untreated sewage is let into the rivers and
lakes and this highly polluted water, in turn is used for multiple purposes.
Rainwater Harvesting is already a mandatory requirement for all citizens. We request that
the Government enforce this strictly and impose stiff penalties on all apartments,
institutions and citizens not following the norms. From our discussions with water
experts familiar with the Bangalore terrain, it is clear that the water shortage in
the city can be addressed through a series of comprehensive measures outlined
with respect to lake rejuvenation, storm water and sewage treatment and rain
water harvesting. Strict enforcement of the law is a must here. A city like Chennai with
severe water problems has been able to resolve it with several such decisive measures and
citizen compliance.

5. a) We must restore the eco-system of lakes in a time bound, cost effective
manner.
b) We recommend strong enforcement measures and stiff penalties to individuals
and organisations that are found to be polluting our lake systems in any manner or
dumping in storm water drains.
c) STP’s to be installed near the lakes to purify any sewage that is entering the
lakes.
d) The storm water drain network that connects these lakes should be cleaned up
and restored.
e) Tank water can be used as a source of drinking water if purified properly.
A high level task force consisting of experts and concerned citizens should be setup to
ensure this project is well conceived & executed within a defined time frame.
11 of our B.CLIP participants have taken up water, sanitation, lake restoration related
projects in their respective wards. B.PAC offers to supplement the efforts of the BBMP and
requests government support and active co-operation in making these projects a success.
4. THE 3 ELEVATED AND OTHER ROAD CORRIDORS
The time being taken to travel across the city is continuously on the rise. We need to
prioritize the fast movement of traffic in key corridors of the city. 3 corridors viz, Silk Board
to Hebbal, K R Puram to Yeshwantpur and ITPL to Mysore Road should be taken up on
priority and if need be, the option of making them elevated should be considered. These will
take care of 60-70% congestion for next 20 years.
The access to BIAL from South Bangalore via the NICE Road going through Tumkur Road
should be expedited. This will ensure a smoother travel to the airport.
5. POT HOLE FREE BANGALORE
Bangalore still has over 18,000 potholes to be filled up. The speed breakers in the city are
unmarked and of different shapes and sizes which causing injuries to commuters. We
request that a time bound plan for filling potholes and having standardized speed-brakers
with adequate illuminated markings be taken up on war footing.

6. 6. Public Transport – Namma Metro
a) Balance work on Phase 1 must be completed expeditiously.
b) Work on Phase 2 must commence immediately.
c) Simultaneously bus fleet augmentation of BMTC should be given a priority.
d) The number of vacancies in BMTC should be filled up on a priority.
7. ROADS OF BANGALORE
A world class city needs a world class road network. We are happy to note that finally work
on Tender S.U.R.E in 3 CBD roads has commenced.
a) We request you to start work in the other 4 CBD roads where the contract for Tender
SURE roads is awarded. The implementation needs to be faster with better inter
agency coordination
b) We request you to put out the drawing and schematic of proposed 7 Tender S.U.R.E
road on the website for citizens.
c) The Reach 1 stretch of Namma Metro from MG Road to Byappanahalli was to be
Tender S.U.R.E roads and the DPR for this is also available. We request you to invite
bids for this stretch.
d) We understand that 16 other roads in the city are being upgraded, we request you to
ensure that these are complaint with Tender SURE standards.
8. SAFE BANGALORE
B.PAC has already given a detailed set of recommendations on making Bangalore a “Safe
City “that would be a model for other cities to emulate. We thank you for your kind
response and look forward to working with the government closely on this.

7. 9. REVIVAL OF CUBBON PARK, CITY MUSEUMS AND AUDITORIUMS
We thank you for creating the Cubbon Park Management Authority. This would go a long
way in including citizens for the revival of Cubbon Park, city museums and auditoriums. We
should now actively work towards creating a Museum District around the Cubbon Park Area.
We hope all these measures will help Bangalore reclaim its name as city of parks and
museums.
10. AFFORDABLE HOUSING
With Bangalore continuing to be an employment and opportunity magnet, and a rapidly
increasing migratory population, there is an urgent need to attend to the housing
needs of the urban poor. For this, we propose that a targeted action plan be put in
place to continually create an affordable housing bank aimed at making Bangalore
inclusive and “Slum Free”. We should utilize Rs.300 cr earmarked for EWS housing for 1
slum rehabilitation project immediately.
We hope your government will consider these suggestions on high priority give effect to the
steps outlined above at the earliest and send a strong message to citizens at large that the
government will take all necessary steps to regain the last glory of Bangalore city and
position as future destination for all.
B. URBAN REFORMS
Mayors and Municipal Chairpersons to have fully functional powers
We are very enthused by the commitment of the Indian National Congress in their
manifesto for the Lok Sabha 2014 titled “Your Voice Our Pledge”.
We invite your attention to para 13 of the manifesto “The detailed Action Plan 2014 –
2019”. In this para the Indian National Congress makes a commitment as below:-
 The Indian National Congress will ensure that Mayors and Municipal Chairpersons
have fully functional powers, so that they can operate as Chief Executive Officers of
cities with executive powers and responsibilities and not just ceremonial positions.
We will also increase the tenure of Mayors.

8. We are delighted to note this commitment.
We request you as our Chief Minister to kindly honour the commitment made in the
manifesto by introducing a new Law to change the new Governance Architecture for
Bangalore City, in pursuance of the commitment made above. We may add here that Dr. K.
Kasturirangan Committee Report has also made a similar recommendation to improve the
Governance of Bangalore City and B.PAC has already written to you on this subject earlier
vide our letter ‘Mayors and Municipal Chairpersons have fully functional powers’ dated 14th
April 2014.
By fulfilling the commitment made in the Manifesto, we will ensure that Bangalore gets a
new Governance Architecture that will help accelerate growth and help Karnataka reach
higher levels.
1. 5 year term of office for the mayor with powers to administer the city
Bangalore is a rapidly growing metropolis and its needs are different from other parts of the
State requires dedicated attention.
As proposed by the Kasturirangan Committee, to enable good governance and
administration of the city we must adopt the Mayoral System of Governance where the
mayor is directly elected by the people for a term of five years would be responsible
for administration and governance of the Bangalore Metropolitan Region.
Further as per the recommendations of the committee, we urge that the mayor
be assisted by mayoral committee of eight members chosen from among elected
and nominated councilors.
Establishing a meaningful term of office for the Mayor of the city, the Corporation
Commissioner and key civic officials are urgent and important, so that they have adequate
time to develop a vision for the city and implement it. The term of 5 years recommended for
the Mayor will allow him/her to emerge as a politically accountable leader at local
government level with a democratic mandate comparable to political leaders at other levels
of government. It is also recommended that the Mayor should be vested with executive
powers of the Municipal Government

9. Please have these recommendations implemented at the earliest.
2. MPC and its functioning
The Expert Committee on Governance in the Bangalore Metropolitan Region (BMR) and the
Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) also known as the Greater Bangalore Municipal
Corporation recognizes the need for a paradigm shift from the previous policy focus on city
level urban local government to a metropolitan level institution to enable better strategic
planning and co-ordination, and to address Bangalore’s multiple challenges.
In this context, B.PAC congratulates you and your government on notifying the creation of a
Metropolitan Planning Committee for the Bangalore region. This step was promised by the
Constitution in 1992, but successive governments have failed to make it a reality, although
many promised it in their election manifestos. Your government deserves credit for deciding
to constitute this body without further delay.
As you are aware, Bangalore has struggled with rapid growth in its population during the
last two decades, and the resulting pressure on infrastructure, and public services, has been
enormous. This could have been avoided in part if there had been a sound and robust
planning process. Unfortunately that was not the case. Throughout the state, town planning
is weak, and has fallen behind even other states in India. Moreover, many departments and
civic agencies make their own plans, without any coherence or collaboration between them.
a)Role of MPC :
The MPC must integrate and organise these divergent efforts continuously in a seamless
manner.
The MPC should function as a planner and coordinator of functions of the various existing
municipal bodies. In effect, the MPC should have overriding powers over “all other plans
developed by other State functionaries and local bodies” within the wider metropolitan
region.
The MPC should prepare a Metropolitan budget based on plans and estimates prepared by
various stakeholders. The Kasturirangan Committee had recommended the financial power
of BBMP must be reviewed comprehensively for maximum autonomy. This must be
implemented in letter and spirit.

10. It is all the more important, therefore that the MPC should have appropriate
members. We write this to urge you to consider the vital importance of Bangalore to the
economy of our state while choosing new members, as well as a Deputy Chairperson.
Bangalore is fortunate to have many civil society groups and thinkers who care deeply about
the city, and have spent considerable time thinking about its many issues. Two successive
task forces of the government (BATF and ABIDe) have put together extensive
documentation on the deficits faced by the city and what needs to be done to tackle these.
We must now build on this.
b) Setting up and constitution of the Metropolitan Planning Committee (MPC)
The functioning of this MPC in a manner that realizes the objectives and role of MPC
requires proper constitution of the same consisting of urban experts, planners etc. We
suggest below the names of particular individuals who may be considered for appointment
to the MPC among the unelected members. Their involvement and participation in the
planning of the city can help revive Bangalore.
 Dr Ashwin Mahesh, former Urban Research Strategist, GoK, and member, ABIDe,
and CEO, Mapunity
 Smt Anita Reddy, Managing Trustee, Association for Voluntary Action and Service
 Dr Harini Nagendra, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
 Mr.Harish Narasappa, Founder, Daksh, and senior partner, Samvad Partners
 Professor Narendar Pani, National Institute of Advanced Studies
 Smt Kathyayini Chamaraj, Executive Trustee, CIVIC
 Professor T G Sitharam, Indian Institute of Science and Chairman, CiSTUP
 Mr. V Ravichandar, CMD, Feedback Consulting and member, BATF
 Mr. B V Naidu, Chairman, Sagitaur Group, and Trustee, Electronic City Industries
Association
 Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty, Public policy and Inclusive governance specialist
The Bangalore Political Action Committee would be happy to assist and support this effort
wholeheartedly.

11. C. STRENGTHENING THE FINANCES OF THE LOCAL BODY AND OTHER
CITY AGENCIES
Bangalore contributes a large share of taxes to the state Exchequer and unless we keep this
momentum up by investing in the city’s development, our rural areas and villages will
suffer.
Therefore, addressing the challenges of Bangalore is not to be seen as an elitist endeavor
but to be viewed as a pillar of inclusive growth and an economic imperative for augmenting
the State’s finances.
Bangalore faces a serious shortage of finances to keep itself strong in infrastructure,
economic activity and public services. Given the importance of the city to the economy of
the state, it is important that we should keep this ‘engine’ of the state running smoothly. A
number of proposals for increasing revenue are needed. For instance:
1)The profession tax collected in the city should be earmarked by the State
government for the city
2)50% of the stamp duties collected on property transactions in BBMP limits should
be given to the city
3)50% of the road tax collected in the BBMP limits should be given to the city
D. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF CIVIC AGENCIES
Transparency and Accountability is the hall mark of good governance. Public at large must
be made aware about the activities that the civic agencies are undertaking, It is important
to set measures of success for each of the agencies, and to also have public disclosure of
their work, whether in small projects or at the level of achieving an overall vision for the
city. We request the following:
1) Public disclosure of expenditure on all projects
2) Public information on all tenders for works executed in the city
3) Regular progress reports on all projects
4) Performance audits of projects undertaken by the officials of BBMP and other
parastatals, with scope for citizen feedback
5) CAG audit of the municipal body each year

12. 6) A public accounts committee to be created in BBMP to provide continuous
improvement in standards for project execution
E. DEVELOPING STRONG INFRASTRUCTURE
We need world class infrastructure, if we are to have a world class city. At the moment
there are serious deficits in physical infrastructure, knowledge infrastructure, social
infrastructure and financial infrastructure, and we must overcome these swiftly. The KIG 20
Report contains a comprehensive proposal for infrastructure development across all sectors
was earlier presented to the government and largely accepted. We now call for
immediate implementation of the recommendations of the KIG Report.
F. MAKING BANGALORE A SAFE CITY
There is an alarming rise in crimes such as rape and sexual assault on women all across the
country. It is disgraceful, if a large nation such as ours, cannot find effective ways in which
to make our cities and our country more secure for our women. There is a crying need for
citizens, government, political leadership, civic bodies and other parastatal agencies and
other stake holders to come together and address this on a war footing. Our women are
being seriously wronged and the inability of our judiciary to act swiftly to mete out justice
has only resulted in emboldening the bad elements in our society to take advantage of the
situation and attack without any fear. B.PAC has already given a detailed set of
recommendations on making Bangalore a “Safe City “that would be a model for other cities
to emulate.
Suggested measures to curb violence against women
B.PAC (Bangalore Political Action Committee), a nonpartisan “not for profit” citizen’s group
that aims at strengthening the democratic process through better governance and
transparency and greater citizens’ engagement with the political leadership, requests your
immediate intervention in implementing strong and decisive measures to ensure safety of
women in the state. Our objective should be to make Bangalore one of the safest cities in
the country for women and our initiatives should be a model for all other cities to emulate.

13. In order to achieve this objective, we have listed out certain immediate and long term
measures with a view to ensuring safety of women in the State. We request the
Government of Karnataka to take immediate action with respect to these suggested action
items.
1. Stringent laws, special fast track courts and increased judicial capacity
a. The Verma Committee Report, headed by the late Hon’ble ex-CJI J.S. Verma, and the
Criminal Law Amendment that came out earlier this year have both dealt with the matter in
great depth and we strongly recommend strict implementation of the same at the earliest.
It has also dealt in detail with conviction for an offence of rape in and term of
imprisonment. We insist on strong enforcement measures to ensure citizens and women get
back faith in our police system and judiciary to protect them.
b. A rape victim cannot wait indefinitely for conviction of the perpetrators. Hence, special
courts have to be set up across all districts for such cases and these courts must close the
cases within 3-6 months of the charge sheet being filed in the court. Charge sheets should
also be filed no later than 30 days after the FIR has been registered- any delay should be
explained to the court. These courts must handle all cases of sexual harassment, including
eve teasing.
c. We recognize that fast track courts can only function effectively if there is an increase in
the number of judges. Way back in 1988, the Law Commission of India in its 127th report
had recommended that the number of judges per 10 lakh of the population should be at
least 100 as compared to the then existing 10 judges per 10 lakh of the population by the
year 2000. However, even today India has about 13 judges per 10 lakh of the population.
We recommend that Karnataka takes the lead in this and increase the ratio to at least 50
judges per 10 lakh of the population by the year 2018.
2. Staffing of Police station and investigation of crimes against women

14. a) All police stations must have women officers and in any event must mandatorily
record any complaint related to sexual violence. All police officers should undergo
sensitisation programs so that they are sensitive to the victim’s predicament and
handle the investigations with care, concern and a sense of duty. An FIR is to be
lodged within 48 hours and primary investigation to be done to ascertain the veracity
of the complaint in that period. The station inspector has to be personally accountable
for this. A written report is to be handed over to the complainant by the local police
even if the complaint is not found to be correct. Not doing so should result in action
against the station inspector, including a jail term and suspension from duty.
b) A special- city level (for Bangalore and large cities) and district level for other parts of
the State- investigation team must be setup, adequately staffed and funded with
equipment, technology and skills, to ensure that all such investigation is scientifically
done in the best forensic practices followed worldwide. This team must be entrusted
with the task of investigating the complaint as soon as a FIR is filed.
c) A separate and more stringent procedure for recording the statement of the victim
must be provided for. This may be done without further traumatizing the victim and in
the presence of her lawyer/ magistrate in special cases if need be. This measure
becomes all the more essential in the wake of the recent Delhi gang-rape incident
where there were allegations that the victim’s statement was tampered with by the
police and therefore is a real possibility.
d) Night surveillance and patrolling by the police must be intensified in all areas.
e) Ensure that the State Police Complaints Redressal Authority, which the state
government established in 2011 functions properly. This can be done by funding and
staffing the Authority appropriately so that it can commence effective functioning.
Currently, majority of the citizens are not even aware of the existence of this
Authority.

15. f) Appoint district level ombudsmen focusing only on crimes against women.
g) We also suggest to have dedicated women cell at every police station manned by
women police officers. We suggest recruiting more women officers in to the force.
3. Special cell and hotline
a) The Karnataka State Commission for Women is currently understaffed, underfunded
and badly run. The Commission should be professionalized by appointing women
who have a track record of working for women’s rights and should be empowered
with adequate funding and staff to be able to function effectively. A special
grievance cell similar to NCW must be set up to address issues from victims during
the course of the trial, so that any case of cover up, delay and other mal-practices
is addressed.
b) A 24/ 7 hotline must be set up with immediate effect to attend to distress calls from
women in need of help. This measure has been recently passed by the Delhi
Government and has been largely welcomed.
4. Special session of the Legislature
We urge you to convene a special session of the Legislature to discuss crimes against
women. Apart from approving necessary amendments to the current laws, discussion
of this issue in a special session will convey the seriousness and urgency of the issue
to the police, the judiciary, the bureaucracy and society at large.
5. Creation of a Database; Use of technology
The Verma Committee identified the role of education as crucial and recommended
education reforms to incorporate education on gender constructs, recognizing
discrimination, reduction of misinformation, sex education and adult education
schemes. It also recommended focus on victims of domestic violence, who are
frequently impoverished persons and have no other protection except for the State.
These recommendations should be implemented forthwith.
We suggest that the Government create a database containing information on
complaints filed in connection in each police station across the State including details

16. of the accused, progress on the complaints, conviction rates and punishment
imposed. This database can include a section on sexual crimes against women. The
photographs, names and addresses of all those charged, convicted for such crimes
should be available. Technology should be leveraged fully for this purpose. Such a
database should be easily accessible by the public through modern technological
means.
6. Creation of necessary Infrastructure that enhances safety of women
There should be adequate street lighting, plenty of surveillance cameras across,
public transportation even late night to ensure safety for women. We should also
have restaurants and eating places open so that there is activity on the streets and
will act as a deterrent sexual assault.
We hope your government will consider these suggestions on high priority, give
effect to the steps outlined above at the earliest and send a strong message to
citizens at large that the government will take all necessary steps to ensure safety of
women, not tolerate these heinous crimes against women and that justice will be
swift.
We look forward to your support and decisive action in this regard.
G. Fast-Track Courts to Decriminalize Politics
On March 10, 2014, the Supreme Court of India directed in rendering an order in Public Interest
Foundation v. Union of India (the “SC Order”), that in relation to sitting MPs and MLAs who have
charges framed against them for the offences which are specified in Section 8(1), 8(2) and 8(3) of
the Representation of Peoples Act, 1951, the trial shall be concluded as speedily and expeditiously
as may be possible and in no case later than one year from the date of the framing of charge(s).
We request that your government sets up fast-track courts with a fixed term of one (1) year to
speedily dispose the back-log to effectuate the Supreme Court Order. This, we believe, will take care
of the current back-log. Already three out of the twelve months have elapsed.

17. For cases that are charged going forward, we request that the process established by the Order is
followed to ensure that there is speedy trial and justice.
For your reference, please find attached the following:
1. Copy of the SC Order
2. List of offences to be speedily disposed as per the SC Order
3. Non-comprehensive list of sitting MPs and MLAs from / in the State of Karnataka who have
been charged with the above-mentioned offences.
We, at B.PAC, appreciate your government’s action in relation to setting up fast-track courts to try
offences against women and we now request you to set up the fast track courts to enable the
Karnataka judiciary to meet the expectations established by the Order.
We believe, we have comprehensively laid out a number of governance, safety and urban
sustainability measures, which, if implemented in a time bound manner will make Bangalore the
leading city in the country and improve the quality of life for every citizen of Bangalore.
With warm regards,
Yours sincerely,
KIRAN MAZUMDAR SHAW T. V. MOHANDAS PAI REVATHY ASHOK
President Vice President CEO
B.PAC B.PAC B.PAC

18. CC:
Shri Ramalinga Reddy
Hon’ble Bangalore incharge and Transport Minister
Govt of Karnataka
Shri KJ George
Hon’ble Home Minister
Government of Karnataka
Shri. Kaushik Mukerjee
Chief Secretary
Govt of Karnataka
Shri. S.K. Patha Nayak
Addnl Chief Secretary
Home Dept
Govt of Karnataka
Shri. Ragavendra H Auradkar
Commissioner of Police
Bangalore City