Farmer attempts to end life near Vidhana Soudha over alleged delay in highway land compensation

A husbandman from Chikkamagaluru allegedly attempted termination adjacent Vidhana Soudha connected Tuesday afternoon, claiming that prolonged delays successful compensation for onshore acquired for a National Highway task had pushed him into terrible fiscal and intelligence distress.

The incidental occurred astir 12.45 p.m. erstwhile T.N. Vishukumar, a husbandman and sandalwood cultivator from Haliyur colony successful Tarikere taluk, allegedly attempted to instrumentality his beingness arsenic a signifier of protest. However, constabulary unit deployed for information intervened immediately, prevented the attempt, and detained him.

The constabulary said Vishukumar alleged that 1.5 acres of his onshore was acquired by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) successful 2016 for a road project. He claimed that compensation for the acquired onshore and the sandalwood trees increasing connected it was initially estimated astatine astir ₹62 crore. However, helium alleged that a valuation study prepared by the Forest Department assessed the worth astatine lone ₹62 lakh, drastically reducing the compensation payable to him.

Officials said Vishukumar has been agitating implicit the contented for respective years and has repeatedly sought the involution of authorities authorities, including the Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner, for the merchandise of what helium claims is pending compensation. In February this year, helium was detained by Vidhana Soudha constabulary aft allegedly chopping branches of a sandalwood histrion extracurricular Vidhana Soudha to gully attraction to his request for just compensation.

The constabulary said a announcement has been issued to Vishukumar, and a study has been submitted earlier the tribunal stating that helium allegedly staged a protestation without anterior support and caused nationalist inconvenience. He has been directed to look earlier the tribunal for further proceedings.

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