Farmers on Tuesday staged a protest at Rani Chennamma Circle in Belagavi against the plans to acquire land for the proposed Belagavi–Hunagunda-Raichur four lane greenfiled highway.
Farmers from Bastawad, Tarihal, Hannikeri, Nagnur etc protested against the plans to acquire fertile farmlands to lay a new greenfield highway between Belagavi-Raichur. They said residents and farmers of the region have already given fertile land for Industries and road works, now we are left with small piece of land for the living, whenever a new project is announced, the farmers are the first to be called upon to sacrifice their lands for development.
Group of farmers submited a letter to Nitesh Patil, Deputy commissioner of Belagavi. They pressed that farmers are set to lose hundreds of acres for the projects carried out by the Union government so need to drop the land acquisition process.
Belagavi–Hunagunda -Raichur four lane highway of 325km to be constructed at the cost of Rs.12500 crores in 6 Phases under the Hyderabad-Panaji Economic corridor — Nitin Gadkari had done virtual inauguration of the same on 17th January 2021.
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India’s Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) released a notification on land acquision for Hyderabad-Panaji Economic corridor in Belagavi. The stretch of land Belagavi-Hungund-Raichur from Des CH. 0+000 to 43+800 Stretch (EC-10-Hyderabad-Panaji) in the state of KARNATAKA :
Bailahongala Taluk (Belagavi) – Bhavihala, Marikatti, Nagnur, Ganikoppa, Hannikeri, Hiremele, Lakkundi, Pularakoppa, Siddapur.
Belagavi Taluk (Belagavi) : Basatawad, Chandan Hosur, Kamakarahatti, Tarihal.
Savadatti Taluk (Belagavi) : Hirekoppa K.M, Inchal, Marakumbi, Murgod, Rudrapur, Tallur.
Read More : Hyderabad-Panaji Economic corridor : Notification released for Land acquisition in Belagavi
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