Karanja Irrigation Project: Samiti demands release of compensation to affected farmers by January 2026

Kalyana Karnataka Horata Samiti laminitis president Lakshman Dasti has urged the State authorities to merchandise compensation to farmers who gave their onshore for the Karanja Irrigation Project by January 2026.

Addressing a property league successful Bidar metropolis connected Thursday, Mr. Dasti said the method committee studying the compensation contented should taxable its study by the extremity of December truthful that the authorities tin merchandise the compensation to farmers by January 2026.

In effect to a 920-day-long agitation led by the Karanja Backwater Affected Farmers’ Committee successful Bidar demanding compensation based connected just and technological standards, the State authorities formed a six-member method committee successful April 2025. The committee, headed by the Regional Commissioner, was expected to taxable its study successful 3 months. However, owed to the transportation of the earlier Regional Commissioner, the study has been delayed for 8 months. The caller Regional Commissioner has assured that the study volition beryllium submitted by the extremity of December, helium added.

Dr. Dasti said compensation should travel tribunal guidelines and farmers should get a fair, azygous magnitude for their land. He requested Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, District In-charge Minister Eshwar Khandre, Minister Rahim Khan, and each representatives from Bidar to instrumentality work and guarantee timely outgo of compensation to the farmers.

He warned that if the authorities continues to delay, the farmers volition person nary prime but to motorboat different protest. Mr. Dasti urged the Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister and Irrigation Minister to dainty the contented arsenic precedence and enactment connected warfare footing basis.

Though the authorities has approved compensation amounts for onshore acquired additionally, immoderate officials are delaying payments without immoderate reason, causing occupation for farmers, Mr. Dasti claimed and alleged that corruption could beryllium the crushed down these delays and urged territory authorities to enactment instantly and widen justness to the affected farmers.