Various farmers from Dhamne village protested and did not allow the PWD surveyor to survey their lands for the proposed Halga Machhe Bypass. The farmers are agitating for the same since the plan was made. The PWD department had started the survey work in Alarwad, Halga, sighting this the farmers decided they wont allow for […]
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Farmers against land acquisition
Farmers of Halga, Gandhi Nagar, Ambewadi and some others areas gave a memorandum at the DC office stating that their land should not be acquired. In the case of Halga, the land which is being acquired is earmarked as agriculture land in the CDP and no amendment to this has been done till now and […]
No change in Halga Peeranwadi bypass route
It was a shocker to the farmers whose land will be acquired for the Halga Peeranwadi bypass road. When this plan was laid down the farmers from Halga, Old Belgaum, Angol, Vadgaon, Machhe & Peeranwadi had approached the government asking them to divert the bypass from unfertile land along the Rajhunsgad area. The NHAI has […]
Farmers stage rasta roko
The farmers of Mazgaon, Macche, Peeranwadi gathered at Mazgaon cross today and the blocked the road for 4 hours. The farmers were protesting against the KIADB and BUDA who are trying to buy out their lands for a new industrial sector. The farmers have been offered nominal compensation for their land, the protesters were saying. […]
Who will hear the farmers? Police accused of harassment
The Belgaum Shahar Shetkari Sanghatana, which has taken up the cause of farmers struggling to save their lands from being acquired by Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, has alleged that police officials and their staff attached to the Malmaruti Police Station are harassing farmers. A procession was taken to the DC’s office, against […]