As Bidadi farmers celebrate victory, lessons from Devanahalli warn it is premature
Bidadi farmers in Karnataka forced the state government to halt forcible land acquisition after a 400-day struggle.
Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced no forcible acquisition but only offered an expert committee, not denotification.
Final notices for land acquisition in Bidadi were issued on July 15, the same day as the announcement.
The government has not abandoned the proposed AI City and Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township project.
In Devanahalli, 1,777 acres were excluded from the Aerospace and Defence Industrial Zone after a farmers' struggle, but the larger project was not abandoned.
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