Bengaluru bus stand robbery: You might have definitely heard of stolen bikes or cars and sometimes other vehicles too but in an extremely bizarre incident in Bengaluru city, thieves decamped with an entire bus stop. It was estimated to be built at a cost of around Rs 10 lakh. The stainless steel bus shelter located on Cunningham Road in Karnataka's capital city has vanished.
The Bengaluru Police said that it has filed an FIR regarding theft. The area from where the bus shelter equipped with chairs, roofs, and poles was stolen is situated just 1 km from the Vidhana Soudha and fall inside Bengaluru's 'VIP' area.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said "BMTC (Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation) is not constructing any bus stops. Now, BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike) will construct and they will take advantage of the attachment (bus stop shelter). We are not constructing. Somebody removed that. I will talk to the commissioner and see that a new bus stop is there."
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike is the administrative body responsible for civic amenities and some infrastructural assets of the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. In a similar incident, earlier, in March a three-decade-old bus stand in HRBR Layout in Kalyan Nagar of Bengaluru vanished overnight.
(With ANI inputs)
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