KIADB acquires 7 acres for MRPL expansion 

29.04.10 Mangalore : The acquisition of 7 acres of land by Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board for Mangalore Refineries was completed on Wednesday Refineries was completed on concerned officials had court order and police personnel to assist them to acquire it from a former vice-president of Bala GP, who fought a legal battle for decades. An amount of Rs.1.54 crores has been deposited by KIADB in the city civil court for the land owner, G. Patrao. His lawyer agreed that the state had every right to acquire this land under the law. Alternate accommodation to Patrao family was arranged; it is said, as also enough time to move out.