The recent order from the city police to restrict public access to Phoenix Mall of Asia, on Ballari Road, which is now challenged in the High Court of Karnataka, is yet another example of the glaring problem of lack of a holistic approach before clearing big residential and commercial projects in the city, citizen activists have argued.
The police brought out the order citing inadequate parking facilities in the mall which led to traffic woes in the vicinity.
Police Commissioner B. Dayananda, in a letter to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), requested that the partial occupancy certificate (OC) issued to the mall should be withdrawn or cancelled owing to the existing issues.
