NAPM Letter to CM, Karnataka for Fair Dialogue with Devanahalli Farmers and Withdrawal of Entire Land Acquisition Proceedings for 1,777 acres https://countercurrents.org/2025/07/letter-to-cm-karnataka-for-fair-dialogue-with-devanahalli-farmers-and-withdrawal-of-entire-land-acquisition-proceedings-for-1777-acres/
farmers from the 13 villages in Channarayapatna Hobli of Devanahalli protest has been against the arbitrary acquisition of 1,777 acres of fertile farmland for a proposed Hitech Defence and Aerospace Park. At least one-fourth of the 800 cultivators belong to socially marginalized castes, tribes and many others are small farmers.
After more than 1150 days of peaceful resistance and betrayal by the Govt, when the farmers gave a state-wide Chalo Devanahalli call on 25th June, many of them were lathi charged and detained in an absolutely condemnable way. Unfazed, they began their day-and-night Bhoomi Satyagraha at Freedom Park in the state capital, which has entered its 7th day.