Blatant attempts to take over the city’s open playgrounds have left Bengalureans scrambling to take the legal route. A recent court stay might have temporarily halted the controversial upgrade and proposed expansion of a basketball court in Indiranagar. But the spotlight is right back on a system that has been swallowing up the city’s limited open spaces for infrastructure projects, denying children the right to access and freedom to play.
For the collective, I Change Indiranagar (ICIN) and local residents around Victory Grounds in Indiranagar 1st Stage, the protracted legal battle to save the ground has been propelled by a fear: apprehension that the proposed upgrade and development of the basketball court could be a cover to eventually deny access to local children. This trend has been visible in many parts of the city, and the residents are determined not to let it repeat here.
