Karnataka plan for an EV cluster near Bengaluru yet to take off due to land acquisition issues

Karnataka’s plans to develop an electric vehicle and batteries manufacturing estate on the outskirts of Bengaluru have been bogged down by delays in land acquisition.

The government-owned Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) has notified 900 acres of land for the proposed cluster at Harohalli near Bidadi industrial area, but has not been able to move ahead as landowners are quoting prices tha