I won't go to jail by denotifying land for Peripheral Ring Road-2 project in Bengaluru: DK Shivakumar
The govt issued a primary notification for 2,716 acres of land in 2005-06, of which a final notification was issued for executing the Major Arterial Road (MAR) between Magadi Road and Mysuru Road, which forms part of PRR-2 alignment. The MAR stretch of over 10.7km is in advanced stages of completion.
Replying to a question raised by BJP MLC HS Gopinath in the legislative council, deputy chief minister
DK Shivakumar
said there is no question of denotifying the land and the project will be implemented.
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Gopinath urged the govt to implement the project only after conducting a feasibility study of the alignment as thousands of residential buildings have come up on revenue land located along PRR-2 route. He asked whether the govt would demolish over 10,000 houses to build the road. The BDA recently announced the formation of six layouts along the alignment of PRR-2.
Shivakumar said, "Though the primary notification was issued in 2005-06, successive govts did not issue a final notification for acquisition of land nor sanctioned the plan. I am not ready to denotify the land and go to jail. This is also the govt's stand."
Shivakumar said wherever residential structures have come up along the alignment, flyovers will be built to avoid land acquisition.
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