Overview
- The state issued multiple final acquisition notifications for parcels of the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township even as Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Friday that land would not be taken by force and that a committee would review the project.
- Farmers have maintained sustained resistance for more than a year and have repeatedly blocked survey teams, including incidents where women chased officials from villages and forced measurement work to stop.
- The BJP and JD(S) have politically mobilised behind the farmers with large rallies and a Freedom Park protest on Friday and have demanded withdrawal of FIRs that include serious charges filed after clashes with survey teams.
- The government has offered cash compensation reported at about ₹2.07–2.5 crore per acre and an option to keep a share of developed plots but many landowners reject money as inadequate and refuse voluntary surrender.
- Activists point to the Devanahalli precedent where denotification and review did not end project pressure so the review committee, the fate of criminal cases, and any further notifications will determine whether the farmers’ gains hold.