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Tech Park: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s meeting on Tuesday to decide on farmers offer to sell their land for Rs 3.5 cr per acre
ET Bureau | July 13, 2025 11:41 PM CST

Synopsis

Farmers from Devanahalli are willing to give up land near the international airport. This is for the proposed high-tech park. They want a rate of Rs 3.5 crore per acre. The state government will decide on this demand soon. A meeting is scheduled for July 15. The government aims to balance farmer interests with industrial needs.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Protesting farmers from Devanahalli have offered to give up 449 acres near the international airport for the proposed high-tech park if the government fixes a rate of Rs 3.5 crore per acre. The state government will take a decision on the demand at July 15 meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

Industries Minister MB Patil, speaking to the media on Sunday, said he hoped a solution would emerge on Tuesday.

The farmers are demanding higher compensation, suitable jobs for locals who are giving up their lands and declaring the surrounding areas as a yellow zone.

Patil said the government was keen to balance the interests of farmers with the need for industrialization. There are also demands from local protestors to preserve the agricultural lands, which has led to a thinking in the government to declare the region as a green zone.

The government, the minister added, was aware not all protesters were genuine farmers and some of them have already entered into agreements with big builders agreeing to sell their lands for real estate.

Farmers of Channarayapatna hobli in Bengaluru rural district have been on a protest seeking to stall the acquisition.

The previous BJP regime had, on August 27, 2021, issued a preliminary notification proposing acquisition of 1,772.2 acres of land from 13 villages in Channarayapatna hobli. Patil, the industries minister, had said last month that the process of acquiring the remaining 1,232 acres of land will go on as planned before.


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