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In tune with the assurance made by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to farmers of Devanahalli, the State Cabinet connected Thursday decided to driblet the acquisition of 1,777 acres of farmland successful 13 villages of Devanahalli taluk successful Bengaluru Rural District for Aerospace Park.
The Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board would not get the onshore nether its provisions, and a notification would beryllium issued to driblet the onshore acquisition, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H. K. Patil told presspersons aft the State Cabinet meeting.
A fewer months ago, the authorities had decided to driblet the onshore acquisition pursuing protracted absorption by farmers. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had held a gathering with representatives of farmers successful Bengaluru and decided to shelve the onshore acquisition process. The farmers had held 1,198-day protestation astatine Channarayapatna of the taluk opposing the acquisition of lands, which is said to beryllium 1 of the long-drawn struggles by farmers successful the State.
The protracted conflict by farmers of Devanahalli taluk had drawn nationalist attraction with societal activists and farmers’ leaders from antithetic States extending their enactment to them. Social Activist Medha Patkar excessively had opposed the projected onshore acquisition successful a missive to the Chief Minister.
Despite assurance by the Chief Minister that the authorities would not indulge successful forced onshore acquisition, the farmers were acrophobic implicit notices regarding acquisition that had been reportedly sent to a fewer onshore owners. However, the Cabinet’s determination present has provided clarity successful this regard.
Water proviso project
The Cabinet has fixed an administrative authorisation of ₹73.22 crore for the cognition and attraction of the multi-village drinking h2o proviso task successful Banawar and Gandasi blocks of Arsikere taluk successful Hassan district. The outgo includes five-year cognition and attraction enactment for catering to drinking h2o needs of 530 settlements. A 22.04 MLD capableness Water Treatment Plant has been designed for the purpose, Mr Patil said.
