Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Karnataka plans three Lalbagh-style gardens including defence land park
The leader of Karnataka, a state in India, wants to make three new big gardens in Bengaluru.
The gardens would be like Lalbagh, a famous large garden in the city.
One garden would be on land owned by the defence ministry.
The other two would be on forest land.
The leader wrote a letter asking for permission to build them.
He wants to meet the Union defence minister to discuss it.
He got the idea because the Prime Minister allowed a park to be built on defence land in Varanasi.
The land would still belong to the defence ministry.
The plans were announced at the opening of Lalbagh's 220th annual flower show.
Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar announced plans for three new Lalbagh-style gardens in Bengaluru.
One garden is proposed on defence land, while the other two would involve forest land.
The defence land would remain under the ownership of the defence ministry, with permission required to build.
Shivakumar has written a letter and will meet the Union defence minister soon regarding the proposal.
The government cites PM Narendra Modi's approval of a park on defence land in Varanasi as a precedent.
- Who
- Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, who cited PM Narendra Modi's Varanasi park as a precedent
- What
- Plans to create three new Lalbagh-style gardens in Bengaluru, including one on defence land and two on forest land
- When
- Announced on Thursday after inaugurating the 220th annual flower show at Lalbagh
- Where
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, with Varanasi cited as the precedent location
- Why
- To create new parks on the lines of the 240-acre Lalbagh Botanical Garden
- Government
- Karnataka state government
- Chief Minister
- D K Shivakumar
- Planned parks
- 3 new Lalbagh-style gardens in Bengaluru
- Land proposals
- 1 on defence land, 2 on forest land
- Model garden
- Lalbagh Botanical Garden (240 acres)
- Defence land ownership
- Remains with the defence ministry
- Event
- 220th annual flower show at Lalbagh
- Precedent
- PM Modi's park on defence land in Varanasi