HMT asked to hand over 430 acres and 21 guntas of land in Peenya Plantation and Jarakabande Sandal reserve to Forest Department
A forest department court has ordered the Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) to vacate 430 acres of land in Bengaluru, ruling that the property is legally forest land. The PSU has been given 30 days to comply, following a long-standing dispute involving state government agencies and political figures.
Why it matters
The case underscores the conflict between industrial land use and environmental conservation laws in rapidly urbanizing regions like Bengaluru.
In the ongoing controversy over the land in possession of the Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) Ltd. at Jalahalli in Bengaluru, the Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) has been asked to hand over 430 acres and 21 guntas in Peenya Plantation and Jarakabande Sandal reserve to Forest Department within 30 days after a court found it to be forest land.
The article presents the legal ruling and the history of the dispute neutrally, acknowledging the perspectives of both the forest department and the HMT.
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