Designed to hold roughly 580 four-wheelers and 500 two-wheelers, the facility was inaugurated by the Chief Minister while still only partly built — at opening it could handle just 34 cars and 50 two-wheelers. It then sat largely unused for years: BBMP ran at least seven failed tenders to find a private operator, halved the reserve price to attract bidders, floated electric buggies to ferry users to shops as a "last-ditch attempt," and eventually handed it to a firm on terms under which BBMP expects to take about 50 years to recover its investment.
On record
The official record states: "Officials and residents attributed the rushed, incomplete 2018 inauguration to the upcoming state Assembly election; the subsequent low usage was blamed on poor location/access and low public awareness."
Filed as "Abandoned / chronically underused" and dated to Inaugurated (half-finished) 2018, ahead of the state Assembly election, this entry sits under the "Not specified" line of the public accounts.
What to expect
- A ribbon-cutting photograph that aged faster than the structure.
- Maintenance records that exist in principle.
- A budget line that grew with the confidence of the project itself.
- A file number that outlived several transfer postings.
Sourcing
2 public sources — news reports, RTI replies and civic archives — corroborate this entry. The citation trail is listed below for anyone who would like to follow up with the department concerned.
“Two administrations claim the foundation, neither claims the delay.”— Blunderlust Editorial Desk
Sources
- https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/cm-inaugurates-half-finished-projects-1922712
- https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/7-failed-tenders-later-bbmp-to-self-manage-multi-level-parking-lot-1192065
Visitor reviews
“Went to check whether the 'temporarily closed' sign had aged. The barricade paint has faded through two colour schemes.”
“Arrived expecting scaffolding and was not let down. It quietly outlived its own justification.”
“Took the long way around Bengaluru just to pass by it. Officially it is progressing; physically it is weathering.”
