The New Indian Express 15.11.2010
Peripheral Ring Road: BDA to pay landowners
BDA Commissioner Bharat Lal Meena said the board had decided to triple the amount that would be given to landowners. The BDA decided to give ex-gratia payment after holding discussions with the farmers who will lose their land.
This move may end the dispute between the farmers and the BDA.
Meena said the compensation would vary from place to place. He said the amount a farmer would get would be calculated on the basis of the land’s guidance value at the time of issuing preliminary notification.
The BDA had in 2005 and 2006 issued the preliminary notification to acquire 1,810 acres and 18.5 guntas of land for the PRR. The final notification in this regard was issued in 2007. As per land acquisition rules, the BDA is supposed to give the land’s guidance value at the time of issuing preliminary notification as compensation.
The guidance value of the land was revised in 2006 and had went up by around four times in some areas. Therefore, the land owners whose sites were notified were demanding higher compensation for their land.
The BDA will be laying the stretch of the PRR from Krishnarajapuram and Bangalore International Airport Road side with a private partner. The project was getting delayed due to impediments in land acquisition.
