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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ejipura
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Bangalore]]
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| area_total_km2 = 1.61
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| population_total = 29105<ref name="MapUnity">{{cite web|url=http://bengaluru-government.mapunity.com/government/wards/ejipura|title=Bcity : Ejipura|access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref>
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'''Ejipura''' is a locality located in the southern part of the city of [[Bangalore]]. Ejipura is in close proximity to [[Koramangala]], Embassy GolfLinks Business Park and National Games Village.

The locality is known for its traffic congestion, narrow lanes, unsafe buildings,<ref>{{cite news|title=Congestion makes Ejipura a death trap|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/congestion-makes-ejipura-a-death-trap/article19872179.ece|access-date=20 October 2017|work=The Hindu|date=16 October 2017}}</ref> water logging, overflowing drains,<ref>{{cite news|title=Stone laid for pumping station to clear Ejipura’s clogged drains|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/030318/stone-laid-for-pumping-station-to-clear-ejipuras-clogged-drains.html|access-date=11 March 2018|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=3 March 2018}}</ref> and roads ridden by potholes and garbage dumpings.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Thakur|first1=Aksheev|title=Ejipura: Where bikers fear to tread!|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/250917/ejipura-where-bikers-fear-to-tread.html|access-date=20 October 2017|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=25 September 2017}}</ref>

In 2013, over 5000 people were evicted from housing in the area to clear space for a shopping mall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bangalore Families, Evicted to Make Way for a Mall, Refuse to Leave Homes|url=https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/bangalore-families-evicted-to-make-way-for-a-mall-refuse-to-leave-homes}}</ref> In October 2017, a two-story building collapsed in the area causing seven deaths and injuries to seven others.<ref>{{cite news|title=7 dead, 7 injured as 2-storey building collapses in Ejipura|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/7-dead-7-injured-as-2-storey-building-collapses-in-ejipura/articleshow/61111256.cms|access-date=20 October 2017|work=The Times of India|date=16 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Neighbourhoods of Bangalore}}

{{coord missing|Karnataka}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Bangalore]]

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