Bengaluru, June 26 -- Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara announced on Friday that the State government will prioritise farmer consent for the Bidadi township project.

"If the farmers feel that the compensation being offered is not adequate, there is also the possibility of increasing it further.Our intention is to ease the pressure on Bengaluru" he said.

Addressing media personnel, he asserted that the project is intended to decongest Bengaluru rather than serve as a dedicated AI hub.

"We don't know the parameters of the AI hub. We are not doing this for the AI hub. Right now, Bengaluru is under a lot of pressure," he said.

Regarding the government's approach to land acquisition, Parameshwara noted, "As I have already said...