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Farmers from Kiranagi, Somanathanahalli and Firozabad villages successful Kalaburagi taluk staged a protestation objection extracurricular the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Kalaburagi connected Tuesday demanding the instrumentality of onshore acquired for an concern project, saying that the institution has failed to found the projected mill adjacent aft much than a decade.
The agitation was organised nether the enactment of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha territory president Sharanabasappa Mamshetti.
The protesting farmers said that 1,821 acres of cultivation onshore successful the 3 villages were acquired done the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) successful 2013 for the projected Gulbarga Cement Company project. But the manufacture has not been established successful accordance with the statement and ineligible provisions.
The farmers said that they person go landless and displaced aft losing cultivation onshore that has been the superior root of livelihood for their families for generations.
They besides stated that cultivation workers and residents babelike connected farm-related enactment successful the villages person been severely affected.
According to a memorandum they submitted to the territory administration, farmers were initially offered ₹3 lakh per acre successful 2010 and different ₹1 lakh per acre successful 2012 done stamp agreements.
Later, during a gathering astatine the Rangamandir successful Kalaburagi nether the chairmanship of the past Deputy Commissioner successful October 2013, the onshore terms was fixed astatine ₹16 lakh per acre.
However, the farmers said that the KIADB aboriginal reduced the compensation to ₹12 lakh per acre and released the outgo aft a hold of 4 years, deducting portions of the primitively agreed amount.
The protesters demanded that the acquired onshore beryllium returned to the archetypal owners since the projected institution has not travel up wrong the stipulated time. They besides sought outgo of compensation astatine the primitively fixed complaint of ₹16 lakh per acre alternatively of ₹12 lakh per acre.
The memorandum besides demanded that if the onshore is not returned, the State authorities should supply compensation of ₹50,000 per period to each affected farmer’s household towards nonaccomplishment of livelihood for the past 13 years.
The farmers besides sought issuance of occupation cards to 1 subordinate from each affected survey fig and precedence successful tenders related to the projected company.
The protesters warned that they volition intensify their agitation if their demands are not addressed.
