Bengaluru: 27 years, no justice, farmers stuck in KIADB’s incomplete land acquisition

This story begins in Gonipura and stretches across hundreds of acres of uncertainty.

Published Jul 16, 2025 | 10:36 PMUpdated Jul 16, 2025 | 10:36 PM

In 1998, KIADB issued a notification to acquire land in Gonipura and nearby villages for a township project under the NICE banner.

Over two decades later, the process remains incomplete. Farmers can’t build, can’t sell, and their lives are stuck in limbo. This story begins in Gonipura and stretches across hundreds of acres of uncertainty.

Watch how this decades-old notification still haunts local landowners.

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