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Farmers Oppose Bengaluru Peripheral Ring Road Project, Term Land Acquisition Illegal

Farmers from 74 villages urged the government to cancel the PRR project, terming the land acquisition illegal and devastating to thousands of families.

Bengaluru: Farmers and residents from at least 74 villages on the northern and western edges of Bengaluru in Karnataka have intensified their opposition to the long-delayed Peripheral Ring Road (PRR) project, accusing the Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) of reviving a two-decade-old land acquisition process that they say has lapsed under law.

On Thursday, members of the PRR Raitha Haagu Niveshanadarara Sangha, representing the farmers, submitted a detailed memorandum to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, urging the government

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