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The Zilla Raitha Horata Samiti has warned the State authorities of an intensified agitation successful Kalaburagi if it fails to merchandise the pending harvest security claims to farmers of the territory wrong a week.
Samiti members Avvanna Myakeri and Basavaraj Ingin, addressing a property league present connected Saturday, said that the State authorities successful March 2025 approved ₹667.73 crore of security claims to farmers who suffered harvest nonaccomplishment successful Kalaburagi. Of this amount, lone ₹340.99 crore security claims were released and disbursed to farmers accounts.
On September 10, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge promised that the authorities volition merchandise the remaining ₹326.83 crore security claims wrong a week thereof.
But the farmers person not received the security claims adjacent aft 18 days of the promise. Mr. Myakeri accused Mr. Kharge of making mendacious promises conscionable to forestall farmers from holding protests during the Chief Minister’s sojourn to Kalaburagi to enactment successful the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav connected September 17.
The samiti members person threatened to intensify their agitation if the State authorities fails to merchandise the harvest security magnitude successful a week.
Mr. Myakeri and Mr. Ingin besides urged the State authorities to widen harvest nonaccomplishment compensation of ₹307 crore to farmers who person not insured their crops.
The different demands see a compensation of ₹25,000 per acre for distressed farmers and granting ₹5 lakh compensation to those families whose houses person been afloat damaged successful rainfall and floods.
The samiti besides urged the State authorities to travel retired with a factual strategy for imperishable rehabilitation of 17 villages successful Afzalpur taluk and 4 villages each successful Jewargi and Chittapur located connected the banks of the Bhima.
The samiti volition chalk retired the aboriginal people of enactment during a gathering scheduled connected September 30, Mr. Ingin added.
