Bidadi project: Hours after Karnataka Chief Minister announces review panel, govt. issues final land notification for acquiring 4,944.49 acres across four villages
Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest, the State government on Wednesday issued the final notification for the acquisition of 4,944.49 acres of land spread across four
Amid the ongoing farmers’ protest, the State government on Wednesday issued the final notification for the acquisition of 4,944.49 acres of land spread across four villages near Bidadi for the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT) project, popularly known as the Bidadi Township Project. This is the biggest tranche of land notified yet. The first set pertained to only 518.45 acres in three villages. The development came hours after Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the State government would constitute a committee to examine the project’s merits and demerits.
Meanwhile, the farmers’ protest at Bairamangala in Bidadi against the project is nearing 500 days. The final notification on Wednesday covers four revenue villages, including K.G. Gollarapalya, Bannigiri, Aralalusandra, and Hosuru, comprising 4,944.49 acres, including 4,717.96 acres of farmland. Among them, Hosuru accounts for 2,390.12 acres, while Aralalusandra covers 1,460.21 acres. This is the second of the three sets of villages notified for the project. With this, the government has issued final notifications for the acquisition of 5,462 acres of land spread across seven villages.
However, the project requires the acquisition of 9,600 acres spread across nine revenue villages and 16 non-revenue villages. The two remaining villages where the final notification is pending are Bairamangala and Kanchugaranahalli. Works to continue A senior GBDA official maintained that consent from the required percentage of stakeholders has been obtained and that the work will continue even as the project assessment is carried out. “A lot of farmers are coming to our office demanding faster notification of their land and release of compensation.
So, for them, we must continue the work,” the official said. “Those who don’t want to part with their land, we won’t force them. Whoever is willing to give their land, we will release compensation to them and continue our work,” he added.
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