Will find solution to human-elephant conflict: HDK to people of Hassan

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Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy addressing the JD(S) rally successful  Hassan connected  January 24.

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy addressing the JD(S) rally successful Hassan connected January 24. | Photo Credit: PRAKASH HASSAN

Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy has assured the radical of Hassan that helium volition conscionable the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change to find a solution to the human-elephant struggle successful the territory to enactment an extremity to deaths of quality beings successful tusker attacks.

Responding to pleas from elected representatives of Hassan during the JD(S) rally successful Hassan connected January 24, Mr. Kumaraswamy said helium is alert of the elephant menace prevailing successful Hassan and during his tenure arsenic Chief Minister, helium granted funds for the operation of railway barricades, which could assistance obstruct the question of elephants. “Recently, a pistillate died successful an elephant onslaught successful Sakleshpur taluk. I volition invitation a delegation of leaders from Hassan and instrumentality them to the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change,” helium stated.

Former Ministers H.D. Revanna, H.K. Kumaraswamy, and others who spoke astatine the rally had raised the issue.

Development works

Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda stated that his enactment is liable for galore improvement works successful Hassan. However, 2 of his wishes stay unfulfilled. He wishes to guarantee that an Indian Institute of Technology and Hassan Airport are inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi successful the beingness of each MPs of the JD(S) and the BJP successful the district.

The JD(S) leaders addressing the rally claimed that Hassan territory saw improvement works lone during their party’s rule. Reacting to Congress leaders’ comments, Mr. Kumaraswamy said that Hassan territory got 3 authorities engineering colleges during his tenure. “However, Mysuru, represented by Siddaramaiah, who claims to person breached Devaraj Urs’ grounds by becoming the longest-serving Chief Minister, does not adjacent person 1 authorities engineering college,” helium said. He further added that Mr. Deve Gowda had initiated works for the airdrome 30 years ago. However, it has not been completed yet.

Mr. Revanna said that during Kumaraswamy’s rule, the territory got a aesculapian college, galore grade colleges, PU colleges, and precocious schools. He besides criticised K.M. Shivalinge Gowda, Congress MLA of Arasikere, without taking his name. “Arasikere got an engineering assemblage and a polytechnic assemblage due to the fact that of Mr. Kumaraswamy. However, the MLA forgot the party’s contributions to his constituency and went to the grade of criticising Mr. Deve Gowda,” helium stated.

Nikhil’s aim

JD(S) enactment younker helping president Nikhil Kumaraswamy said that helium had been travelling crossed the State to fortify the enactment with the lone nonsubjective of making his father, Mr. Kumaraswamy, the Chief Minister again. “I person already covered 52 constituencies successful the archetypal signifier and volition circuit the remainder successful the coming days. I americium acceptable to enactment 18 hours a time for the party,” helium said.

He besides took a excavation astatine Mr. Shivalinge Gowda for his caller comments connected the JD(S) leaders. The MLA grew successful authorities due to the fact that of the JD(S) and helium ditched the enactment later, which was thing but a betrayal to the mother, the younker helping president lamented.

Suraj Revanna, MLC, enactment legislators A. Manju, C.N. Balakrishna, H.P. Swaroop, enactment person successful the Legislative Assembly Suresh Bau, and galore different legislators and enactment leaders were contiguous astatine the rally.

Published - January 24, 2026 08:15 p.m. IST

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