MYSURU: Traffic on Bengaluru-Mysuru road and an interstate highway through Chamarajanagar is likely to be disrupted on Monday with farmers set to block the roads to protest the state government's industry-friendly amendment proposals to the land acquisition act.
The day-long road blockade could affect vehicular traffic on Mysuru-Hunsur road too. Train services will not be affected.
Transport authorities said that those travelling from Mysuru to Bengaluru could travel via Bannur and Kanakapura to avoid the protest nerve centre, Ramanagara. The slightly circuitous road is, however, free of protests.
Protest from 6am
Rajya Raitha Sangha president Kodihalli Chandrasekar said the roadblock starts at 6am Monday and they will stop all vehicles, including private ones. "We want to send a strong message to the Karnataka government on the land bill," he told TOI .
The Mysuru-Bengaluru highway will be blocked at Ramanagara city, and vehicular movement from both sides will be stopped. The Hunsur-Mysuru road that connects Mysuru with Madikeri, KR Nagar and Kushalanagar will also be blocked. In Chamarajanagar, farmers will stop traffic on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu national highway that links Kerala with Tamil Nadu.
The farmers' leader said their protest was against the state government - and not the Centre - because it's trying to tweak rules of the land acquisition act passed by the UPA government. Chandrasekar said the Karnataka government was planning to amend Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 allegedly to benefit industrialists.
"The government is trying to acquire land parcels through a committee headed by the district deputy commissioner. The committee has been given the mandate to fix compensation for the land parted with by farmers. Some clauses like the compensation should be four-fold the market value of the land acquired are being struck off. We won't allow the government to pass the amendments," he said.
The day-long road blockade could affect vehicular traffic on Mysuru-Hunsur road too. Train services will not be affected.
Transport authorities said that those travelling from Mysuru to Bengaluru could travel via Bannur and Kanakapura to avoid the protest nerve centre, Ramanagara. The slightly circuitous road is, however, free of protests.
Protest from 6am
Rajya Raitha Sangha president Kodihalli Chandrasekar said the roadblock starts at 6am Monday and they will stop all vehicles, including private ones. "We want to send a strong message to the Karnataka government on the land bill," he told TOI .
The Mysuru-Bengaluru highway will be blocked at Ramanagara city, and vehicular movement from both sides will be stopped. The Hunsur-Mysuru road that connects Mysuru with Madikeri, KR Nagar and Kushalanagar will also be blocked. In Chamarajanagar, farmers will stop traffic on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu national highway that links Kerala with Tamil Nadu.
The farmers' leader said their protest was against the state government - and not the Centre - because it's trying to tweak rules of the land acquisition act passed by the UPA government. Chandrasekar said the Karnataka government was planning to amend Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 allegedly to benefit industrialists.
"The government is trying to acquire land parcels through a committee headed by the district deputy commissioner. The committee has been given the mandate to fix compensation for the land parted with by farmers. Some clauses like the compensation should be four-fold the market value of the land acquired are being struck off. We won't allow the government to pass the amendments," he said.
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