Zilla Panchayat President M Srinivas has urged the government to declare the district as drought-hit and announce to a special package, as it has not received rain.
A day after the violence during the protest against supply of water from Markandaiah tank, the work on the project is being continued with police protection, from Tuesday. Meanwhile, a tenuous peace prevails in Budikote where the incident occurred.
Police resorted to mild lathicharge to quell violence as the ruckus over felling a tree for road widening snowballed into a clash in Pathabagepalli village of the taluk on Friday.
An undeclared curfew prevails in the tension-gripped village where a platoon of armed police has been stationed,in addition to local police.
Tension prevailed at Pathabagepalli village in Bagepalli on Thursday when an argument broke out between the villagers and the land owner over a tree felling issue.
The members of Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha have demanded to declare Bagepalli as a drought-hit region.
The Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha members addressing a press meet here on Tuesday, said that there are no signs of rains till now and hence no agricultural activities have started much to the dismay of the farmers.
One of the major steps involved in developing lakes was, providing detailed information to the Lake Development Committees, opined coordinating officer of the District Planning Unit Munegowda.
Activists of Taluk Dalit Sangharsha Samiti unit staged a dharna in front of the taluk office here on Thursday demanding strigent action against officers allegedly in cahoots with the land mafia.
