Almatti (Vijayapura): Chimalagi people, one of the 136 villages located in the waters after the construction of the Almatti Dam in 1997, was not given many causes of complaints after the government ensured that everyone lost their homes.
Adequately compensated, and then rehabilitated with what is today Chimmalagi-2.
However, almost a quarter of a century later, the temples that adorned the village, some of them dated back to the 12th century, had not yet been reconstructed – spiritual vacancy that the villagers who were resettled were very sharp.
The original stones of the temples were dismantled, some of this was preserved at the Vandal train station, but awaited their reconstruction in what the new Avatar of Chimalagi Village continued.
Pyniff-Designate of the Aralale Katte Sanshan Hiratha, Chimmalagi Siddarenuka Devaru said that Kejareshwar and Somanaatheshwar’s temple fell back to AD the first century.
“History books tell us that Chimalagi is a city in the first century of advertisements, and its significance as the city center handled by Egyptian historians.
Channarama Temple was built in the 12th century.
The government does not seem to know about the archeological value of the temple,” said Siddarenuka Devaru told toi.
Residents of Chimmalagi Shivu Gadigeppagoudar, Mustafa Makandar, Ramu Jagatap, Malanaagouda Narasanagoudar, among others, showed that the rehabilitation and resettlement of the village began in 1995, and completed two years later.
They remember that the government had decided to relocate 21 historic temples.
“Some village elders later argue that the funds are not enough for the reconstruction of the temple.
Officials have expressed their fear by promising sufficient funding for that purpose.
But there is no blueprint equipped with the proposed temple reconstruction.
Because the village elders remain worried About the proposal, the shift in the temple was detained.
The survey was conducted in 1982 to ’84, but the government’s assessment of reconstruction costs has not been adjusted to inflation, “they are Ruja.
An official retirees who have worked on the Krishna project at Almatti in the 1990s remember that the village elders were misled by politicians.
“The government moved 136 villages in the region.
But the Chimalagi elders feel that the funds allocated for the temple reconstruction are not enough.
If they receive the funds, they can then receive 30% in the Solatium (Compensation) or Funds from Krishna Bhagya Nigam Nigam Mesh, Corpus development of the local area of ​​MLA, “said the official.
Deputy Commissioner specifically for rehabilitation and resettlement in Bagalkot Somaling Gennur, however, said that funds were disbursed for the reconstruction of the temple in 1996-97.
“Our record shows that a committee consisting of an officer from the Rehabilitation Board and villagers was formed.
But the work on the reconstruction was stopped after the villagers raised concerns over the insufficiency of funds.
But we have sent a memorandum delivered by the villagers to the government,” said Gennur ,