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As the indefinite agitation demanding bifurcation of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) to make a municipal corp for Dharwad entered the seventh time connected May 21, it received enactment from assorted organisations, including assemblage associations and the JD(Secular), and environmentalist Suresh Heblikar.
As portion of the agitation, the protestors installed a caller sanction board, naming the existing bureau of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation successful Dharwad arsenic ‘Dharwad Municipal Corporation Office’.
On May 21, a immense objection was held successful beforehand of the HDMC bureau successful Dharwad successful which members of assorted assemblage organisations and Suresh Heblikar took part.
Addressing the protestors, Mr. Heblikar emphasised the request for instauration of a abstracted municipal corp for Dharwad. He said that Dharwad was location to historical lakes, and hundreds of artistes and writers. “In bid to sphere the unsocial civilization and earthy treasure of Dharwad, and to execute autarkic development, instauration of abstracted municipal corp is essential,” helium said.
Activists and JD(S) person Gururaj Hunasimarad alleged that Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and MLA Arvind Bellad had betrayed the residents of Dharwad connected the contented of abstracted municipal corporation, and said that they would beryllium taught a acquisition by the radical successful the coming days.
Speaking connected behalf of retired wood officers’ association, Shankar Sadani said that due to the fact that of being clubbed with Hubballi, Dhawad had received a setback successful presumption of development. Only done instauration of a abstracted municipal corporation, broad improvement of Dharwad could beryllium achieved, helium said.
On May 21members of ‘Kshatriya Samaj’ and ‘Madiga Samaj’ extended enactment to the agitation by participating successful the demonstration.
Office-bearers and members of the agitation committee, Venkatesh Machakanur, Aravind Eganagoudar, Rajashekhar Kamati, Vittal Kammar, Vasanth Arkachar, Kavita Kabber, Prakash Ghatge, Deepa Neeralakatti and scores of residents from C.B. Nagar, Navalur, Sattur, Kalyan Nagar and Shivagiri took portion successful the objection connected May 21.
It whitethorn beryllium recalled that 2 delegations 1 led by Union Minister Pralhad Joshi and different led by Labour Minister Santish Lad had met Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot with a petition to springiness his assent to the proposal for bifurcation of Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) to facilitate instauration of Dharwad municipal corporation.
