Massive awareness rally in Somwarpet to save farmers' land
Somwarpet, Oct. 31: The Raitha Horata Samiti, which has accused the government and the Forest Department of suddenly declaring the land where farmers have been living for decades as forest and trying to evict farmers, said that it has organized a massive farmers' awareness rally in Somwarpet on Nov. 3 with the aim of creating awareness among farmers about this.
Speaking at a press conference in this regard, Raitha Horata Samiti President Suresh Chakravarthy said that the governments that have ruled till now have not bothered to correct the report submitted by the officials unscientifically in 1978. Now, they are trying to declare the agricultural land of farmers as forest, and the Forest Department is conducting a survey. An awareness rally is being held to oppose this, he said.
C and D, Section-4, Deemed Forest issue, Forest Department's roadblock to issue title deeds, no action taken against Forest Department staff who destroyed agriculture in Mukkodli and other issues will be discussed in the conference, Suresh said.
The committee has so far held peaceful protests and a Somwarpet taluk bandh. Although they have met MLAs, MPs, Chief Ministers, Forest and Revenue Ministers and drawn their attention, the results have been zero. It seems that the government has considered the innocence of Kodagu farmers as a weakness. Against this backdrop, he said, the struggle will be intensified in the coming days.
Due to some rules of the Forest Department and the government, it is not possible to get compensation for agricultural crop loss. If houses collapse, compensation is not available. Documents are not even given for the land where people have lived and cultivated for decades. They expressed dissatisfaction that the farmers have not received the documents even after applying under Forms 50,53,57 and going to the office.
The steps taken by Virajpet MLA and Chief Minister's legal advisor A.S. Ponnanna to resolve the Jamma Bane problem are welcome. Along with this, attention should also be paid to C and D, Section-4. In Virajpet constituency too, more than 10 thousand acres of land is listed as C and D. He said that the Chief Minister's attention should also be drawn to this.
In the assembly session, Speaker U.T. Khader did not allow Madikeri constituency MLA Dr. Mantar Gowda to explain the seriousness of the problem, but he followed a stepmotherly attitude. Suresh Chakravarthy, who said that he would condemn this, said that if the government moves to unite the farmers, it could lead to the emergence of Naxalism in this area too. He said that the government should not allow such situations.
The District Magistrate, who had said that he would conduct a JAT survey, has not taken any action so far. He said that people should wake up before they turn against the government. Ta. On the 3rd, a procession will be taken out from Vivekananda Circle in Somwarpet town at 10 am and an open awareness conference will be held at the Jessie Vedike at 11 am. The organizing secretaries of the State Farmers' Association, Chukki Nanjuadaswamy, Honnuru Prakash, Manju Kiran, Manu Somaiah, Arakalgudu Yoganna and others will participate in the conference, he said.
The district vice-president of the Farmers' Association, G.M. Huvaiah, taluk president K.M. Dinesh, leaders of the struggle committee, B.P. Mogappa, and Nagaraju were present in the meeting.
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