Bengaluru, 23 Oct

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said that Union Urban Development Minister Manoharlal Khattar has agreed to hold the meeting of Urban development ministers of South Indian States in Benglauru on 30 October while adding that the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) area was likely to be expanded.

Speaking to the press, he said,  “Union Minister for Urban Development is participating in the meeting and we will submit our memorandum on Bengaluru development. We have already submitted our appeals to Union ministers and PM several times in the past.”

Giving out details of areas that may be included into the GBA, he said, “I have called for a meeting of officials to discuss this on Friday. A Committee under the leadership of BS Patil is preparing a report on this.”

“We will hold meetings with IT-BT companies after winding up the Walk with Bengaluru programme this weekend,” he said. “There are about 25 lakh people on the periphery of GBA currently and we will need to include them to GBA.”