Alternatively called “the big land grab” in Bahrain. This time, as the map shows above (look at the lower section first – by the way click to open it in much larger scale in a new window) that a big plot of land has been earmarked for “public use,” that is, this plot of land was to be developed as a communal garden, play park, sports courts, etc for the area. Someone decided that it is better to use it to get rich quick and suddenly it was sectioned into 4 plots and made available for sale!
I have no idea who’s pocket the dosh would end up in, but whoever it is should be thoroughly ashamed of him/themselves – actually to hell with shame, before this concludes he/them should be apprehended and tried for corruption if there is a case. This is land earmarked for the public and it has been corruptly apportioned.
As Bahraini blogger Khalid – who unearthed this crime – reports that this Busaiteen plot in the island of Muharraq is worth a total of a cool 7 million Bahraini Dinars, that is US$18.6 million green backs. Here are the details according to Khalid:
- The big plot was divided into 4 discreet plots;
- One plot’s size is 96,833 square feet, with each square foot priced at BD 19, that would bring it in at a total of BD 1,839,808.
- The other three plots bring in BD5.2 million.
And he asks, as I do, which would you consider better, BD7 million corruptly deposited in pockets, or land used for the creation of play parks, public gardens and other public uses?
It’s just a question. Indeed it is.
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khalid is a bit off that land is more than 19bd per foot cause its commerical. check it out on http://www.municipality.gov.bh
So it’s worse than expected. Great!
That’s too damn bad. One of my theories is that a community with gardens and parks is a community which cares about itself. I remember when I was around the city of Santiago De Querétaro in Mexico, out of all of the towns we hd visited which felt safe to me was one in which they turned their football (soccer) field into a community garden with a central band stand and rose gardens surrounding it.
I agree with Barry.
Parks signifies that someone cares about the enviroment, which means someone stands up to excessive greed of businesses & factories.
Parks mean that land can not be “stolen” in this manner which implies that the controller of said land isn’t greedy nor corrupt.
Parks also signifies that someone cares that the people get more then basic biological necessaties and thinks that beauty and clean air are rights.
THAT’s what they were about to do to my uncles…