Bengaluru: Farmers have slammed the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township (GBIT), envisioned as India’s first AI-powered city about 40 km west of Bengaluru, as a “gimmick” driven by real-estate sharks.

The project will span 9,600 acres over 26 villages in Byramangala and Kanchugaranahalli gram panchayats near Bidadi. Greater Bengaluru Development Authority (GBDA), the project implementing agency, is currently conducting a Joint Measurement Survey and issuing notices to landowners.

However, farmers have hardened their resolve against land acquisition. Their protest, which entered the 201st day on Monday, has received support from opposition parties, the JD(S) and the BJP.

Anand C S, one of the farmers, questioned the very foundation of the urban project, pointing to the poor state of the

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