Bengaluru police personnel have received 128 new housing units in a ₹41.50-crore residential project inaugurated near Anand Rao Circle in the city’s Gandhinagar Assembly constituency on Thursday, with the Karnataka government saying it will continue strengthening accommodation and welfare facilities for police staff.
Home Minister Priyank Kharge inaugurated the housing complex built by the police department under the Police Gruha 2025 scheme. The project consists of two residential blocks, each containing 64 units. Every block has a ground floor and seven upper floors.
According to details shared at the inauguration, the complex has a total built-up area of 11,944.30 square metres. The government described the project as a response to the need for better living conditions for police personnel and their families, particularly for staff whose work involves maintaining public safety under demanding conditions.
Kharge said the government would take continuous steps to strengthen facilities required for police personnel’s housing and welfare. He said providing an environment in which the families of personnel who risk their lives in public service could live peacefully was the government’s responsibility.
The minister also said the new homes had been built with necessary infrastructure and described them as well-equipped residential accommodation. The project adds a formal housing asset for police staff in a central Bengaluru location, where access to government accommodation can reduce the distance between essential-service employees and their workplaces.
Local MLA Dinesh Gundu Rao, who presided over the event, said police personnel work through the day and night to maintain public order and therefore need a peaceful home environment when they return from duty. He said he had taken an interest in the construction of the complex and had regularly inspected the work.
Rao said the new homes had been designed to provide better air and light. He also said a proposal had been sent to the Chief Minister and the Home Minister seeking the redevelopment of the older residential area located next to the new complex. According to Rao, the response to that request had been positive and approval was expected soon, although no redevelopment timeline or project cost was announced.
The inauguration was attended by Bengaluru Central MP P. C. Mohan, Rajya Sabha member Mansoor Ali Khan, Director General and Inspector General of Police M. A. Saleem, Bengaluru Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and Arun Chakravarthy, chairman of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation.
The event places the new complex within a broader government effort to use dedicated housing construction to address accommodation needs for police personnel. The immediate project comprises 128 units; further expansion will depend on approvals for the proposed redevelopment of the adjoining older housing area.
