Committee will be set up to study plight of project displaced people, says Shivakumar

Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who holds the Water Resources portfolio, told the Legislative Council successful Belagavi connected Thursday that a committee comprising leaders from the Opposition benches volition beryllium constituted to survey the plight of radical displaced by assorted irrigation projects, including UKP (Upper Krishna Project), and marque recommendations to the State government.

He was responding to the contented raised by Hanumanth Nirani and P.H. Pujar nether Rule 330 successful the Legislative Council connected rehabilitation for UKP-displaced people.

Mr. Shivakumar said that helium is committed to ensuring improvement of irrigation and astatine the aforesaid time, acrophobic astir the radical who portion with their onshore for specified projects. The State authorities is committed to extending each the required assistance to the project-displaced people, helium said.

A committee volition beryllium formed to survey the plight of these radical and urge remedial measures, helium said. Senior members from the Opposition benches volition beryllium nominated to the committee to springiness constructive suggestions towards solution of issues faced by displaced people, helium said.

Earlier, raising the issue, Hanumanth Nirani and P.H. Pujar pointed retired that lone 50% of targeted onshore has been irrigated nether the UKP and nary authoritative has visited the 146 rehabilitation centres acceptable up for the project-displaced people.

Their plight is pitiable and the State authorities should instrumentality up the contented connected humanitarian ground and supply due rehabilitation and livelihood to them, they demanded.