Bidadi township: 22% of landowners in seven villages near Bengaluru get compensation over three months

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Only 22% of landowners across seven villages near Bengaluru have received compensation for the Bidadi township project over three months. Farmers opposing the project cite reluctance to surrender their land, while the implementing agency says a lengthy process has slowed payments.

Farmers opposing the project say the figure reflects a reluctance among farmers to part with their land while officials of GBDA, the implementing agency, attribute the slow pace to a lengthy and cumbersome process