Bengaluru: Karnataka govt issued a final notification to acquire 71 acres and 11.8 guntas across 12 villages in Bengaluru Urban district for three cloverleaf interchanges on Bengaluru business corridor.Urban development department issued the notification on Oct 27, declaring the land necessary for public purpose and enabling Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) to proceed with acquisition.At Madavara, where BDA is building a cloverleaf linking the corridor with NICE Road, it will acquire land belonging to Nandi Economic Corridor Enterprises and other private properties. Land belonging to KIADB and NHAI will also be acquired. BDA also plans space for truck terminals and BMTC depots.The land is spread across Bengaluru North, Yelahanka, Bengaluru East and South taluks.Govt has appointed BDA special land acquisition officer to perform deputy commissioner’s functions during the acquisition. A plan showing affected parcels is available at the officer’s T Chowdaiah Road office in Bengaluru.Peripheral Ring Road Phase I was sanctioned in April 2007 and received final notification that June. It was renamed Bengaluru Business Corridor through a July 23, 2024 govt order.The latest notification was issued under Section 19(1) of BDA Act, 1976.
