Mysore/Mysuru, Jan. 21 -- Hoskote Basavaraju, Divisional Organising Secretary of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS), has warned of staging indefinite stir in front of Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) office in Metagalli in city, if they fail to pay compensation to the genuine farmers, whose 589 acres of lands were acquired for the proposed Film City and other industrial purposes at Immavu in Nanjangud taluk of the district, within a week.

Addressing media persons at Pathrakarthara Bhavana in city yesterday, Basavaraju said, following the acquisition of lands, KIADB had released about Rs. 18 crore to pay compensation to the land losers. However, the unrelated farmers from outside the taluk were paid compensation, thu...