A farmer operates a milk collection and storage unit in Aralalusandra village, Bidadi, one of the communities actively opposing the proposed agricultural land acquisition for the Bidadi Township project, as documented on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Dairy operations at a milk storage unit in Aralalusandra village, Bidadi continue even as residents brace for a potential land takeover under the proposed Bidadi Township project in Ramanagara district, photographed 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Farmers in Aralalusandra village, Bidadi carry out routine cattle-feeding as dairy livelihoods face an uncertain future under the proposed Bidadi Township project land acquisition, photographed on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Farmers gather under a tree at Kempayyana Palya village, Bidadi, voicing opposition to the proposed acquisition of their agricultural land for the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South, as seen on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
A woman farmer sun-dries peanuts at Bannigere village, Bidadi, highlighting the agrarian economy at risk from the proposed land acquisition for the Bidadi Township project in Ramanagara district, photographed 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Farmers in Aralalusandra village, Bidadi continue sericulture work — rearing silkworms for silk production — even as they oppose the proposed farmland acquisition for the Bidadi Township project, as documented on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Sericulture farmers at Aralalusandra village, Bidadi fear their silk-rearing livelihoods will be extinguished if agricultural land is acquired for the proposed Bidadi Township project in Ramanagara district, as seen on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
A woman farmer tends her fields at Kempayyana Palya village, Bidadi, as the community resists the proposed acquisition of farmland for the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South, photographed 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Farmers cultivate their fields at Kempayyana Palya village, Bidadi even as the land faces proposed acquisition for the Bidadi Township project, a development that has drawn widespread opposition in Ramanagara district, as of 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Agricultural activity continues at Kempayyana Palya, Bidadi on 17 June 2026, as local farmers press their case against the proposed land takeover for the Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South district. (Photo: NationPress)
Standing crops at Kempayyana Palya village, Bidadi could be lost if the proposed farmland acquisition for the Bidadi Township project proceeds, according to farmers who spoke out on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Coconut and teak trees stand on agricultural land at Bannigere village, Bidadi, assets farmers say will be lost if the proposed Bidadi Township project acquisition proceeds in Ramanagara district, photographed 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Established coconut groves at Bannigere village, Bidadi represent years of investment that farmers say will be wiped out by the proposed Bidadi Township project land acquisition, as documented on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Coconut plantations at Bannigere village, Bidadi are among the agricultural assets that residents fear losing to the proposed Bidadi Township project in Bengaluru South, as seen on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Byramangala Lake overflows during the monsoon, yet the waterbody — once a vital resource for more than 20 villages — has been degraded by untreated sewage and industrial effluents entering via the Vrishabhavathi River, as recorded on 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Monsoon overflow at Byramangala Lake masks a deeper crisis: pollution from untreated sewage and industrial waste channelled through the Vrishabhavathi River has severely degraded a lake that more than 20 villages once depended on, as of 17 June 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Once a lifeline for more than 20 villages, Byramangala Lake in Bengaluru South now bears the burden of untreated sewage and industrial waste flowing through the Vrishabhavathi River, compounding the hardship of farmers already opposing the Bidadi Township project. (Photo: NationPress)
A farmer watches cattle graze near Byramangala Lake, Bengaluru South on 17 June 2026. The lake, once a vital resource for more than 20 villages, has been severely affected by untreated sewage and industrial waste flowing through the Vrishabhavathi River. (Photo: NationPress)
A farmer surveys cattle near a visibly stressed Byramangala Lake, Bengaluru South on 17 June 2026, as pollution from the Vrishabhavathi River continues to erode a waterbody that more than 20 villages once relied upon for agriculture and daily sustenance. (Photo: NationPress)
Cattle graze near Byramangala Lake, Bengaluru South on 17 June 2026, even as the lake — a key resource for surrounding villages — faces severe pollution from untreated sewage and industrial waste discharged via the Vrishabhavathi River. (Photo: NationPress)