Bengaluru, June 4 -- Air passengers and commuters travelling on the road leading to Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport have been advised to plan their journeys carefully on Friday, June 5, as a massive farmers' protest is expected to cause severe traffic congestion along the airport corridor.

The protest, organized by the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha led by Kodihalli Chandrashekar, is being held against the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board's (KIADB) land acquisition proposal in Chikkaballapur district. More than 5,000 farmers are expected to participate in a large-scale motorcycle rally from Chikkaballapur to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru.

The agitation stems from the proposed acquisition of nearly 2,800 acres of fe...