Beleagavi: Farmers in the villages of Belaghiavi have opposed the proposed railway that connects the border district with Dharwad, shows that they will lose fertile land if the project is carried out.
This project was approved when the late Suresh Angadi, which was then MP for the Bethobavi, was the State Union Minister for the train.
In fact, when the project received the central government’s approval, it was filled with excitement by the public, which had demanded a direct train connection between two North Karnataka districts.
The train line between the two districts is running through Londa, extending the duration of the trip, while the new line is expected to reduce half time.
Farmers in villages where new lines are expected to pass, fear of loss of livelihoods.
Farmers’ scores in the part of the BELIGAVI are involved in rice cultivation and other plants, and the acquisition of land for the railway will leave them without prospects.
Saraswati B, one of the farmers who led agitation, said that the government had to change the route of the proposed railway line, or dropped the project as a whole.
“We will not depend on any cost,” he said.
On January 3, farmers gathered in front of the deputy commissioner’s office, demanding the cancellation of the project.
“We send memorandum for this effect too.
The center must resolve this dispute,” Saraswati said.
Fellow Farmer Laxman Patel shows that the project will eat it into hundreds of hectares of fertile land.
“How does the state government, who claim to protect farmers, ask them to sacrifice fertile land for this railway line?”