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A protestation by farmers for broad irrigation installation successful Hukkeri taluk of Belagavi district, successful Karnataka, entered the 2nd time connected May 21.
Farmers’ leaders said they would not telephone disconnected the protestation till the territory in-charge Minister Satish Jarkiholi, and elder officials of the Irrigation Department and territory medication springiness them a written assurance astir completing each pending projects connected time.
On May 21, erstwhile MP Ramesh Katti joined the protest, which is led by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha leaders Sri Shashikant Guruji and Chunappa Pujari.
Their demands see swift completion of 14 pending mean and tiny irrigation projects successful the taluk, including assistance irrigation schemes and vessel refilling schemes, outgo of compensation to farmers who mislaid onshore for assorted projects, and imperishable solution to the drinking h2o problems successful respective villages of the taluk.
Mr. Katti said that the authorities of Karnataka continues to neglect Hukkeri contempt the taluk being a portion of Yamakanamaradi Assembly constituency, represented by PWD Minister Satish Jarkiholi. He accused Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar, who handles the irrigation portfolio, of focussing connected southbound Karnataka districts. He claimed that the State Government had enactment immoderate irrigation schemes initiated by Umesh Katti, erstwhile curate and his brother, connected the backmost burner.
Mr. Pujari said nary large task had been taken up successful the taluk contempt members of the Katti household being legislators and ministers for astir 4 decades. He said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Mr. Shivakumar and Satish Jarkiholi had a motivation work to make the taluk that is connected the Karnataka-Maharashtra border.
Sri Shashikant Guruji said that the State Government had not learnt immoderate lessons from the 11-day protestation by sugarcane farmers successful Gurlapur successful Belagavi territory successful October-November 2025. He warned that the protestation for broad irrigation projects would dispersed if the State Government neglects their demands. “The Hidkal dam crossed the Ghataprabha stream is successful Hukkeri taluk. It is providing h2o to 3 districts, including the concern country successful Dharwad, but determination is nary h2o proviso to immoderate villages successful Hukkeri taluk itself. The State Government should resoluteness specified issues. Otherwise, we volition proceed the protest,” helium said.
