Govt feigns ignorance about BMIC project
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15/06/2011
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Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
PWD, the nodal implementation agency, says it has no details
Fifteen years after conceiving the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project, the State government now claims it has no clue where exactly the controversial project is being implemented.
A file photo of the BMIC project.The Public Works Department (PWD), the nodal agency for the project implementation, has declared that it does not have vital details such as survey numbers, names of villages and boundaries of 20,193 acres required for the project.
Both the 1997 framework agreement (FWA) and the 2004 outline development plan (ODP) have only the theme alignment of the project, and they do not have the boundaries of the lands required for the project.
Interestingly, the government has already handed over about 6,400 acres to the project promoter Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE). Major portions of section A of the project