Sharavathi project: Forest Minister directs officers to file interlocutory application in SC to allow grant of land to displaced families
1 year, 8 months ago

Sharavathi project: Forest Minister directs officers to file interlocutory application in SC to allow grant of land to displaced families

The Hindu  

Minister for Forests Eshwar Khandre has directed the officers to file an interlocutory application in the Supreme Court to allow the grant of land to the families who lost land for the Sharavathi reservoir project decades ago. Minister for Education Madhu Bangarappa, who is also Minister in charge of Shivamogga district, had written to the Ministers concerned to hold the meeting with regard to land issues bothering people in the Malnad region. The meeting also discussed the necessity of a joint survey of land by the Revenue and Forest Departments. Minister for Tribal Welfare B. Nagendra, legislators Sharada Puryanaik, Bheemanna Naik, Belur Gopalakrishna, Legal Adviser to Chief Minister A.S. Ponnanna and officers attended the meeting.

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Minister assures justice to families displaced by Sharavathi project
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Minister assures justice to families displaced by Sharavathi project

The Hindu  

Minister for School Education Madhu Bangarappa has said the families who were displaced owing to the Sharavathi project will get the rights to their land soon. The State government had been making efforts to provide them justice, he said while addressing a gathering at Hirenallur in Sagar taluk on Tuesday. Mr. Bangarappa, who is also Minister in charge of the …

Sharavathi project : Karnataka officers to meet MoEFCC officials over denotification of forest land to benefit displaced people
2 months ago

Sharavathi project : Karnataka officers to meet MoEFCC officials over denotification of forest land to benefit displaced people

The Hindu  

Senior officers of the Karnataka government will hold a meeting with senior officers of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change in Delhi on Thursday with regard to the Union government’s clearance for the denotification of forest land, cultivated by families displaced by the Sharavathi Hydroelectric Project. Ramesh Hegde, State spokesperson of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, in Shivamogga on …

Tribal Affairs Minister’s promise to look into Nicobar project clearances ‘mildly’ encouraging: Congress
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Tribal Affairs Minister’s promise to look into Nicobar project clearances ‘mildly’ encouraging: Congress

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Calling Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram’s promise to look into the clearances granted for the ₹72,000 crore Great Nicobar Island Project only “mildly” encouraging, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday doubted how much power Union Ministers have over their own portfolios in a government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Responding to Mr. Oram’s promise of looking into the …

Dereservation of forest land: Karnataka has to take Supreme Court’s approval, reiterates Centre
1 year, 3 months ago

Dereservation of forest land: Karnataka has to take Supreme Court’s approval, reiterates Centre

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has reiterated that the Karnataka government should get the Supreme Court’s approval for the dereservation of forest land released for rehabilitation of people affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project in Shivamogga district. Raghavendra in the Lok Sabha, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for MoEF and Climate Change, replied on Monday …

Officials given targets to clear encroachment on government land: Karnataka Minister
1 year, 7 months ago

Officials given targets to clear encroachment on government land: Karnataka Minister

The Hindu  

Revenue Minister Krishna Byre Gowda on Friday said officials had been given targets for clearing government land of encroachments in their jurisdiction. The revenue inspectors would be given the power to clear encroachments and also protect them, irrespective of political clout of land sharks, Mr. Byre Gowda said. Mr. Byre Gowda said he had taken up a State tour and …

Malnad people want Congress govt to resolve land imbroglio in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Malnad people want Congress govt to resolve land imbroglio in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Malenadu Raitara Horata Samiti, a forum of farmers in the Malnad region, has resolved to stage a series of protests starting August 15 if the Karnataka Government fails to address the issue of land grant in Shivamogga district. Srinivasa, president of the forum, claimed that the people who parted with their land for Sharavathi reservoir and the bagair hukum cultivators …

MoEF returns State’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land in Shivamogga
1 year, 9 months ago

MoEF returns State’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land in Shivamogga

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of the Union government has sent back the State government’s proposal for de-reservation of forest land, released earlier for rehabilitation of families affected by the Sharavathi Valley Hydroelectric Project. In March this year, the State government sent a proposal to deserve 9,129 acres of forest land in Shivamogga, which was denotified by …

People displaced by Sharavathi project will get relief soon, says BSY
2 years, 1 month ago

People displaced by Sharavathi project will get relief soon, says BSY

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The State Government will send a proposal to clear the grant of forest land to those who lost their land for Sharavathi project in the 1960s, former Chief Minister and Shikaripur MLA B.S. Following a High Court order, the State Government had withdrawn orders that de-notified forest lands. The court had noted that the government had not taken clearance from …

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