Bengaluru: A delegation of farmers belonging to Byramangala and Kanchugaranahalli, villages to be affected by the proposed Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South district, came forward with a request to Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to part with their lands for the project and made an appeal to him to issue final notification to begin the land acquisition process at the earliest.
A section of farmers in Bidadi vicinity are protesting against the land acquisition for Bidadi project and asserted “they will not part with their fertile farm lands.”
It may be recalled here D.K. Shivakumar, a couple of days back, kept two-options before the Bidadi vicinity farmers to part with their lands accepting Rs 3 crore per acre or 50 percent of the area back as developed land. The delegation met D.K. Shivakumar in Vidhana Soudha of Bengaluru on Tuesday wanted the Chief Minister to free them from the ‘Red Zone’ tag.
A resident of Byramangala, Sunil, stated the farmers in the Byramangala vicinity have been going through a tough period for 20 years after it was brought under ‘Red Zone’ category and felt “No development can take place if the region is under ‘Red Zone’”. Owing to the ‘Red Zone,’ tag, he said, the tag has come in the way of farmers willing to sell their lands or avail adequate loans from banks.
An aged farmer, Yallaki Gowda, expressed the ‘Red Zone’ tag affected farmers hard and in times of financial difficulties, some farmers have sold their lands for a mere Rs 1 lakh and alleged Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel and State president of Janata Dal Secular (JDS) H.D. Kumaraswamy has come in the way of development. He accused Kumaraswamy of ignoring the pleas of farmers to remove the ‘Red Zone’ tag.
Harish Reddy, a farmer, brought to the notice of D.K. Shivakumar that Bidadi despite being in close proximity to Bengaluru city lags behind in development. Responding to the pleas of farmers, Shivakumar assured them to issue final notification to acquire their lands after consultations with officials concerned. Shivakumar made it clear to farmers that “no pressure on farmers to part with their lands.”
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