Peripheral Ring Road project: Delay in acquisition causes distress among landowners
The BDA’s failure to acquire land for the Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) in time has caused psychological stress to affected people, especially the private landowners.
A total of 2,567 acres and 22.25 guntas of land in 78 villages is required for the PRR, a majority of which is land owned by private persons.
The Bangalore Development Authority (BDA), which will submit details of land acquisition to the deputy commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district, will calculate the cost escalation.
The BDA has left it to the government to decide whether or not to apply the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Act, 2013, which will more than double the expenditure on the acquisition.
