Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Wednesday the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) would distribute 5,000 sites to the applicants in January 2017.

Speaking with media persons after launching a new method of selecting beneficiaries for the distribution of sites, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the BDA had already distributed 5,000 sites and plans to distribute 5,000 more sites in January. “The allotment letters of the sites will be given to the beneficiaries in January. The BDA will invite applications for this purpose in December,’’ the chief minister said.

He said the beneficiaries can build houses after receiving the allotment letters. He said the BDA had allocated 2174 sites to farmers as per 60:40 ratio and the BDA would distribute 1500 sites of 20×30 sqft dimension, 200 sites of 30×40 sqft dimension, 1,000 sites of 40×60 sqft and 500 sites of 50×80 sqft dimension. “The BDA has fixed Rs 10,46,251 for 20×30 sqft site for general category and Rs 5,23,126 for economically backward people. The BDA has fixed Rs 23,25,002 for 30×40 sqft site, Rs 52,31,255 for 40×60 sqft site and Rs 96,87,510 for 50×80 sqft site,’’ the chief minister said.

He said the BDA plans to distribute 21,000 sites at Kempe Gowda Layout and 5,000 sites were already distributed to the applicants. “The BDA will distribute 5,000 sites in January and remaining sites in a phased manner. The BDA will refund the deposit amount for those who did not get the sites,’’ he said.

On Tipu Jayanti

Coming down heavily on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders for opposing celebrating Tipu Jayanti, the chief minister said the people of Karnataka know what B S Yeddyurappa did when he was in Karnataka Janata Party (KJP). “The people of Karnataka know what R Ashok and Jagadish Shettar did during Tipu Jayanti. They are politicizing the issue and trying to create law and order problems during Tipu Jayanti,’’ he said.