The Ramanagaram district administration on Monday recovered 28.8 acres that had been ‘encroached’ upon by Eagleton Golf Resort at Bidadi on the outskirts of the city. The market rate of the land could be up to Rs. 200 crore, said Deputy Commissioner F.R. Jamadar. “They had encroached upon the land nearly two decades ago. However, the matter was in court. It was only after the Supreme Court verdict that we submitted a report to the State government saying the land should be recovered,” Mr. Jamadar told The Hindu .
The resort started operations in April 2000 on 509 acres that had been granted by the government under the tourism policy. It comprises a five-star-rated golf course, resorts and a “golf village”. After a Supreme Court direction, a Cabinet sub-committee began the process of fixing the value of 78 acres that had to be regularised. A few weeks ago, the Deputy Commissioner stated in a report that surveys revealed 28.8 acres had been encroached upon by constructing a wall around it.
