It will not be a happy Independence Day for shopkeepers displaced by the Metro. The BMRCL has planned shop-less stations in key areas like Indiranagar, drowning the question of compensatory space for them.
The litigation filed by CMH Road’s traders is a legal test for whether the land acquisition law is being used or abused. The next hearing is on 4 June.
The CMH Road traders’ association in Indiranagar is fighting an uphill battle to relocate the Metro alignment to Old Madras Road. The High Court awarded the latest round to BMRCL.
