Farmers opposed to land acquisition

Staff Correspondent
The hindu,June 27

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They do not want to hand over their land to KHB

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HASSAN: Farmers of Dasara Koppalu, Chikkakondagula Koppalu, Chikkakondagula, Tamlapura, Dyappanakoppalu, Tejur, Bagaderakoppalu, Haralahalli and Mavinahalli met at Dasara Koppalu on Monday in the presence of Hassan MLA H.S. Prakash and decided to form a co-operative society in order to form a co-operative housing colony instead of allowing the Government to acquire their land and form a housing colony under Karnataka Housing Board(KHB).

There was a heated argument between the farmers and the elected representatives at the meeting. The farmers did not want to hand over their land to KHB and urged the MLA to move the Government to suspend the land acquisition process. Mr. Prakash assured the farmers that he would bring their problem to the Government’s notice.

Mr. Prakash told the farmers that the Government was not interested in forceful acquisition. He said if the Government acquired the land, the farmers would get a good price for their land and they would also get a free site which they could sell later. He said there was no proposal to include that area in the green belt.