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The Hindu
5 days ago
- General
- The Hindu
Nobody owns house, property or land in this village recorded as ‘proposed forest' in Shivamogga
For several years, the residents of Karimane, a village in Hosanagar taluk of Shivamogga district, have been fighting for the rights over the houses, sites, and land they have been in possession of. Applications seeking permission to build houses on the sites allotted under the Ashraya housing scheme, grant of land under Section 94C of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act for the construction of houses, and regularisation of 'bagair hukum' cultivation have all remained pending over the decades. GP office too As over 185 acres in survey number 106 of Karimane have been identified as 'proposed forest' or Soochitha Aranya in Kannada, the villagers have not been able to get rights over their properties. In fact, even the office of the Karimane Gram Panchayat exists on the land identified as proposed forest. The bus stand, anganwadi, school, and the road that passes through the village all come under the same category of land. Devamma Gopal, president of the panchayat, is among those fighting for the rights over the land. She has no khata issued for her house in the village. Also, the Forest Department has not honoured people seeking land as per the Forest Rights Act. Long fight 'This is a strange case. We have not been allowed to build houses because it is forestland. However, the applications submitted under the Forest Rights Act are also pending. We have been fighting against this injustice for long,' said S.M. Harish, a resident of the village. A majority of the residents in the village are those displaced following the construction of dams for hydel power projects in the district. Of them, 86 families were allotted sites in the village in 1991-92. They got khatas for the sites. However, the next year, the entire area was marked as 'proposed forest'. Since then, none of the beneficiaries have got permission to build houses on the sites. Ms. Gopal told The Hindu that every time the panchayat held a grama sabha, a meeting with the villagers, people raised the same issue. 'As many as 43 families, including mine, are waiting for the grant under Section 94C,' she said. The issue has become a stumbling block to even granting land for the burial ground in the village. Following repeated demands and protests by the villagers, MLA for Tirthahalli Araga Jnanendra and Deputy Commissioner Gurudatta Hegade visited the village. When The Hindu contacted Mr. Hegade, the officer said he was aware of the issue. 'The land has been recorded as forest. Once the land is recorded as forestland, it cannot be taken back,' he said. Opportunity to review He said that following a recent Supreme Court direction, there was an opportunity to review the deemed forests. 'Considering the old satellite maps, we can restore the status of the land. The State government is expected to launch a mobile-based application for this process. We have assured the villagers of resolving the problem,' he added.
Hans India
20-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Govt ignoring coastal Karnataka, claims BJP
Mangaluru: Accusing the Congress-led state government of apathy and administrative failure in addressing public issues in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced a large-scale dharna satyagraha in front of all Gram Panchayat, Town Municipal and City Municipal Council offices across the two districts on June 23. The protest, scheduled between 10 am and 1 pm, aims to highlight what the party describes as 'deliberate neglect' of people's basic civic needs and pending welfare schemes. District BJP presidents, MLAs, MLCs and MPs from both districts are expected to participate in the demonstration. Among the key issues flagged by BJP MLC Kishore Kumar Puttur, who released a statement on Tuesday, are: Delays in plot approval: Residents are allegedly being forced to travel to other taluk headquarters and wait for months to get approvals for residential plot layouts, particularly for Form 9 and 11E. Staff shortages in local bodies: Gram Panchayats continue to face acute staff crunch, with no remedial action from the government. Stalled housing under Ashraya scheme: Approval of houses has been on hold for over two years, and even ongoing works are not receiving sanctioned funds. Rejection of Akrama-Sakrama applications: Widespread dissatisfaction is brewing over what the BJP terms as 'arbitrary' rejection of regularisation applications without proper scrutiny. Non-disbursement of pension schemes: Elderly citizens and beneficiaries under the Sandhya Suraksha scheme are allegedly not receiving their entitled pensions. Threats to Gruha Lakshmi scheme: The government is reportedly considering rolling back the flagship women's welfare scheme, citing fiscal constraints. Misuse of public funds: BJP has criticised the ongoing re-enumeration exercise under the name of census as a misuse of public money. Terming the protest 'a people's movement rather than a political campaign,' Puttur stated that the dharna would be peaceful but firm in conveying the grievances of ordinary citizens to the government.
The Hindu
16-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
BJP to hold protests in front of local body offices on June 23
BJP State general secretary and Karkala MLA V. Sunil Kumar on Monday said the party will hold protests in front of the offices of local bodies in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts on June 23 to highlight issues concerning people in the two districts. Mr. Kumar said the protests will be held at 399 locations, including in front of Mangaluru City Corporation, city municipal councils, municipalities, town panchayats and gram panchayats. Their demands include a solution to single-site issues with urban development authorities, sanctioning of Ashraya houses at the gram panchayat level, Aikrama-Sakrama applications issue resolution, opposing the exclusion of people from old age pension and Sandhya Suraksha schemes on account of crossing the income limit, and revokal of power tariff hike, he said. Kapu MLA Gurme Suresh Shetty and others were present.
The Hindu
13-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Chikkamagaluru DC instructs officials to investigate atrocity cases on people belonging to SC/ST
Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner Meena Nagaraj has instructed officials to investigate the cases of atrocities on people belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and file a chargesheet within the stipulated time. Ms. Nagaraj was speaking at a meeting of the district-level SC/ST awareness committee held in Chikkamagaluru on Friday. The officials should not delay in releasing the compensation amount to the victims of atrocity cases and act as per the provisions under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, she said. Referring to the demand of Ashraya sites for the beneficiaries at Bannur Gram Panchayat in N.R. Pura taluk, Ms. Nagaraj said that she gave suitable instructions to the officials concerned. She wanted to know why the officers did not act, and directed the N.R. Pura tahsildar to allot sites at the earliest. She instructed the tahsildar of Kadur taluk to take action with regard to the sanction of land for a burial ground at Ambedkar Nagar in the town. Zilla Panchayat CEO H.S. Keerthana, Additional Superintendent of Police C.T. Jayakumar and others were present.
