Protesters demand action against misuse of KKRDB funds

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Residents of Aland taluk, led by erstwhile  MLA Subhash Guttedar, staging a protestation  extracurricular  the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau   successful  Kalaburagi connected  Thursday.

Residents of Aland taluk, led by erstwhile MLA Subhash Guttedar, staging a protestation extracurricular the Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Kalaburagi connected Thursday. | Photo Credit: ARUN KULKARNI

Former Aland MLA Subhash Guttedar, on with BJP leaders and villagers from Aland taluk, staged protests successful Kalaburagi metropolis connected Thursday, demanding enactment implicit the alleged misuse of KKRDB funds and irregularities successful elections astatine the Bhusnoor Cooperative Sugar Factory.

The agitation began astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s office, wherever the protesters submitted a memorandum seeking an enquiry into alleged malpractices successful Wednesday’s predetermination for the factory’s committee of directors.

Mr. Guttedar alleged that the predetermination serviceman had distributed fake ballot papers to enactment a sheet backed by the ruling enactment MLA. He claimed the serviceman acted nether governmental unit due to the fact that galore astatine the booth were expected to ballot against the MLA-supported group. He besides accused mill staffer Sanju Kapur and predetermination serviceman Shivanand Ashtagi of manipulating the voters’ database and demanded their suspension.

BJP person Chandrashekhar Hiremath claimed that ballot papers meant for the Janata Bazaar elections were utilized intentionally to mislead voters. He sought ineligible enactment against the mill authorities, officials responsible, and each those progressive successful electoral malpractices. 

Former vice-president of zilla panchayat Harshanand Guttedar demanded a caller election, revision of the voters’ list, and voting rights for farmers who had cleared their dues.

Later, the protesters marched and assembled extracurricular the KKRDB bureau and continued their protest, accusing massive corruption successful improvement works successful Aland taluk.

Alleging large-scale misuse of KKRDB funds for respective roadworthy works successful Aland taluk, Mr. Guttedar claimed that works were executed with mediocre prime and had deteriorated wrong months. He pointed to the 4.5 km agelong of Yelinawadagi Road, constructed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹4 crore, which got damaged adjacent earlier completion of the work. Despite complaints to the territory administration, nary enactment was taken against the contractor, helium alleged.

He further claimed that the roadworthy operation enactment bid for Wagdari–Rippanpalli Road connecting Padasavali colony roadworthy was illegally processed done the Chittapur sub-division to alteration fiscal irregularities. According to him, engineers from Chittapur approved bills for an Aland project, enabling misappropriation. 

He questioned wherefore the territory medication remained soundless contempt repeated violations.

He demanded that errant contractors beryllium blacklisted and strict enactment against liable officials wrong 15 days, failing which helium would motorboat a dharna astatine Freedom Park successful Bengaluru.

Published - December 04, 2025 07:52 p.m. IST

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