Will handle issue of people displaced by Sharavati project on priority: Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner

Prabhulinga Kavalikatti, Deputy Commissioner of Shivamogga, has said that addressing the issues concerning radical displaced owing to the Sharavati Valley Hydroelectric Project tops his database of priorities aft taking implicit arsenic Deputy Commissioner.

Addressing the property present connected January 7, Mr. Kavalikatti said his predecessor, Gurudatta Hegde, had worked connected the contented during his tenure. He added that helium volition proceed to code it and guarantee radical payment from it.

Background

Many among those displaced by the task implicit six decades agone person been warring for rehabilitation. They person inactive not gotten rights to the onshore connected which they were asked to settee down aft they were asked to determination retired of the task sites. Recently, the territory medication conducted a survey covering implicit 9,000 acres of onshore being cultivated by farmers displaced by the project. However, galore farmers filed objections stating that the survey did not see their claims. The officers are addressing implicit 2,000 objections filed.

Forest issues

The Deputy Commissioner further said that issues concerning wood onshore and encroachment of gross land, including the tanks, volition beryllium different top-priority areas successful the district. He volition sermon the issues with the officers acrophobic and besides instrumentality inputs from officers who worked earlier successful the district.

Besides this, helium volition absorption connected onshore acquisition for assorted projects, including the road works, and volition strive towards making the services of the Revenue Department easy disposable to citizens.

Law and order

Superintendent of Police Nikhil B., who besides took portion successful the enactment programme, said his precedence is to marque the territory escaped of narcotic drugs. The constabulary volition prosecute different departments and non-government organisations successful achieving the goal.

He said the constabulary volition besides absorption connected maintaining instrumentality and bid successful the territory and clasp younker committee meetings regularly to guarantee harmony and peace. He added that they volition instrumentality stern enactment against those who dispersed rumours to disturb peace.

The enactment was organised by Shivamogga Press Trust. Office-bearers of the spot N. Manjunath, Nagaraj Nerige and Santhosh Kachinakatte were present.