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The food farmers (pisciculturists) of Shikaripur taluk successful Shivamogga territory of Karnataka person accused the Department of Minor Irrigation of floating tenders for auctioning sportfishing rights successful insignificant irrigation tanks without keeping them successful the loop, to payment a prime radical of people.
A fewer food farmers from Shikaripur taluk addressed a property league successful Shivamogga connected March 30.
M.C. Malleshappa from Kavuli colony said that earlier the Department of Fishers would enactment up notices successful each villages and make consciousness among food farmers done antithetic modes of connection earlier floating the tender. “However, this year, aft the tanks were handed implicit to the Department of Minor Irrigation, officials conducted the process without involving food farmers successful immoderate way. Earlier, hundreds of farmers would respond to the bid process. This time, lone a fewer radical could participate," helium said.
The food farmers fishy irregularities successful the process to favour a prime radical of people.
“In the past, the sportfishing rights were allotted successful June oregon July," said Babu Naik, a nonmigratory of Malavalli Tanda. But this time, the process began successful March. “We were nether the content that the tender process would statesman successful June," helium remarked.
When they contacted the officials concerned, they were told that the past time to registry for the tender process was March 13, and they had missed the chance.
“A bulk of america beryllium connected sportfishing for our livelihood. We volition miss our root of income for the coming years," said Afzar, a food farmer.
Response of officials
When The Hindu contacted Vinod D. Naik, Executive Engineer of the Minor Irrigation Department (Shivamogga division), helium said that the section had floated tenders for auctioning sportfishing rights successful 52 tanks successful the district. “The feedback we received was that galore radical did not get accusation astir the tender process. Earlier the Fisheries Department utilized to behaviour the process. For the archetypal time, we are conducting the tender process. In presumption of the complaints, we are holding a gathering connected March 31," helium added.
