Bengaluru, Aug. 4 -- Before taking another acre from farmers, Karnataka should first determine what became of the thousands of acres of government land earmarked nearly three decades ago for the Bengaluru-Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, social and anti-corruption activist T.J. Abraham has urged in a representation submitted to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot.
Framing it as a larger question of public policy rather than merely another land acquisition dispute, Abraham asks: "Why acquire fresh farmland if government land may already be available?"In the representation, Abraham urged the Governor to direct the State Government to undertake a comprehensive review of the BMIC project and verify whether nearly 6,757 acres of governme...