BENGALURU: Nearly 1,000 families face an uncertain future as homes and sites they bought after years of saving could be acquired for a proposed 3km link road connecting the upcoming Bengaluru Business Corridor (Peripheral Ring Road-1) to NICE Road at Madavara.The proposed NICE–Tumakuru Road PRR-1 Integration is an additional connector between PRR-1 and NICE Road, which already intersects Tumakuru Road at Madanayakanahalli. Residents allege the new integration is b e i n g pushed through despite widespread opposition.While land for PRR-1 was notified in 2007, land required for the integration stretch was notified in 2022. The final notification was issued in June 2026, more than two months after Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) floated tenders for the first package of PRR-1 in March.
Around 200 residents from Banashankari Enclave, Brindavana Layout, Shivateja Nagar, RC Layout, Anjanadri Layout and neighbouring areas submitted representations to BDAheadquarters Wednesday, urging the authority to withdraw the notification and spare their homes.BDA commissioner P Manivannan said the issue will be placed before the next BDA board meeting, likely to be held in about a month. “We have not yet awarded the work. We will consider this issue before passing the award and maintain status quo until then,”he said, adding the board will take a final decision.Residents pointed out that a similar integration linking NICE Road with PRR-1 near Hosur Road was dropped following public opposition. “If that link can be dropped, why not this one? This should also be removed from the plan as it affects thousands of people,” said resident Sathish DJ.Residents and landowners likely to be affected claimed the compensation proposed by BDA is grossly inadequate and questioned the acquisition process. “I paid Rs 35 lakh in 2021 for a 30×40 site. Under the proposed compensation plan, we will get only around Rs 10 lakh. We cannot even buy land anywhere in the city with that amount,” said Hemanth, a site owner.R Krishnappa, another site owner, said he had registered his site in 2013 and built a house in 2018 with a loan from LIC Housing Finance. Kala Chandrashekhar, a resident, questioned how land that had already undergone DC conversion could be acquired for the road project. “Moreover, connecting a public road with a private one is illegal. We are being offered compensation based on reduced guidance values,” she said, alleging that BDA had frozen guidance values and was determining compensation under Land Acquisition Act, 1894.Farmer Govinda Raju said he stood to lose more than an acre of agricultural land where he cultivates coconut and runs a dairy farm. “Among our relatives, we are losing eight acres of fertile land,” he said.Pushpa Latha said she and her family bought a site in 2016 and built a house. “I bought it with my hardearned savings from selling flowers, while my son drives an autorickshaw,” she said.
