Meeting at Bangalore on Oct 27-28

Meeting at Bangalore on Oct 27-28
Wednesday October 18 2006 12:55 IST

CHIKMAGALUR: A meeting of district level officials and elected representatives will be held at Bangalore on Oct 27 or 28 to discuss all the problems of Chikmagalur district, claimed Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

Talking to reporters here on Tuesday after a discussion with the elected representatives, he said Government would seriously consider on appointing a empowered committee to tackle naxal menace as suggested by elected representatives in Chikmgalur district.

In Chikmagalur on one side civilians struggle and on the other naxals are active. Government is committed to do social justice to the people to be evicted from encroached forests, he said.

Denying the allegation that the State Government is not interested in solving the naxal menace, he pointed out that the menace has been there for more than seven years while the coalition government had come to existence only a few months back.

When his attention was drawn to the fact that the families settled even earlier to 1985 were evicted, he said it could have happened due to non-coordination between different Departments.

Residents of Ameer Ahmed Colony stage dharna on the 100 Ft Road in Shimoga protesting against the movement of loaded trucks in their area. They were led by Nandana Gowda and others.

When efforts of Lorry Owners Association president Jyothiprakash and Circle Police Inspector Shivakumar to persuade agitators failed SUDA chairman S N Channabasappa, who came to the spot, convinced them that the road development would be taken up within a month.

he agitators withdrew their protest later.