BDA to acquire land for peripheral Ring Road

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BANGALORE: More than five years after issuing the preliminary notification to acquire 1,810 acre and 18.5 guntas of land to build ..

BANGALORE: More than five years after issuing the preliminary notification to acquire 1,810 acre and 18.5 guntas of land to build the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR), the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) has once again issued preliminary notification to acquire an additional 326 acre of land for the project, though the government is yet to approve the proposed enhanced compensation for the land which is already acquired.
BDA Commissioner Bharat Lal Meena said, "We need more land for toll plazas and other amenities including approach roads along the course of the proposed PRR. Therefore, we have issued the preliminary notification and we will acquire the land immediately after the hearing the objections filed by the land owners." When asked about the enhanced compensation proposed by the BDA for the land which has already been acquired, Meena said,"The issue is before the government and I think it will be approved very soon".

Compensation issue

According to the original estimates, the BDA was supposed to provide `437 crore as compensation for the land and but according to the revised compensation, now it will have to shell out Rs 1,167 crore. If the government approves the BDA's recommendation the project cost, estimated at `5,000 crore, is likely to escalate steeply.