Authorities consider devising a plot allocation system based on fairness and justice.
Story so far: At the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) head office, a high-level meeting debated distributing land-losing farmers with a portion of the developed land within their property rather than some other. The officials considered using a randomisation technique to apportion the land.
- During the meeting, the BDA commissioner stressed the need for greater coordination between the multiple boughs and branches of the BDA to better address the needs of the public.
- The commissioner was keen to digitise the BDA’s interaction with the public to expedite responses. He reviewed the issues that the allottees of Arkavathy and Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout face so that they could be addressed.
What’s the sitch? Currently, farmers who lose their land to development projects are allotted plots on other lands. This becomes a burning issue when one watches their land situated in a prime spot be allotted to others while one has to make do with compensatory plots in far-off, less lucrative properties.
- While computerised randomisation is already a thing in land allotments, this would be the first time the BDA would allot farmers some percentage of their own land. The commissioner said that this system is being considered to ensure justice.