Department proposes total exit from city as farmland under the plough plummets to 0-300 hectares in RSKs from up to 7,000 hectares earlier Bangalore city is poised to soon become officially ‘agriculture-free’. The Agriculture Department has sent a proposal to the state government to abolish the Bangalore Urban agriculture district altogether. The move comes in the wake of farmland and farming dropping close to ‘zero’ in the Urban district in frenzy of land conversions fuelled by rapid growth. The department sent a proposal in this regard last month. The proposal — a major administrative reform — favours abolishing the department’s entire district administrative set-up, right from joint director to the ground level staff. If approved by the state government, Bangalore Urban will be the first district in the state to officially become an agriculture-free zone with zero agricultural activity. The proposal was sent to the state government on June 24, sources told Bangalore Mirror. When contacted, the department brass too confirmed the development. “A proposal has been sent to abolish the Bangalore Urban agriculture district because of the drastic fall in farming. The move targets optimal utilisation of our manpower and other resources,” Subodh Yadav, commissioner, Agriculture Department, told Bangalore Mirror.

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