Tumakuru: High Drama Wins at Gubbi Taluk on Saturday Morning After a 50-year-old farmer climbed a tensile tower and threatened to jump if his request for a road in front of his house was not fulfilled.
He came down from a 40-foot tower only after almost two hours after police and income officials.
Srinivas from Halegubbi in the Tumakuru District has demanded the way from his home to the main village road for the past few years.
Bored of making a round of government offices and listening to “the reason for paralysis”, Srinivas who frustrated 400kv capacity tower which supplies the power from Thalaguppa to Nelakanagala near the Prabhuvanahalli gate at 9:30 a.m.
Trying to persuade him but he said he would go down only if Tahsildar arrived and promised to develop the road.
Srinivas and 10-15 farmers in the area have built their homes on their farmland.
Since the land in front of his house owned by private individuals, built his way to his house Be a challenge.
“I have a parent at home.
I can’t take them to the hospital for care because there is no way, “said Srinivas.
He sent several applications at Tahsildar’s office and Adiguru Gram Panchayat in the past three decades, and accused the officers of the development of Pancrayat (PDO) from exploiting poor people like He.
“When I tried to build a house, he came and took all the construction materials,” Srinivas’s alleged.
“I haven’t arrived from Pakistan, I have been here for 50 years.
Over the past 30 years, I have tried to get a road to my house.
Why do I have to live when the government can’t give me basic facilities? “He asked.
Then, the Gubbi Taluk Tahsildar B Arathi, came to the place and promised a quick action.” He didn’t come to me before.
But we will send a surveyor next week to find out if a road can be built into his house because there is a private land in front.
This problem will be resolved if there are provisions for roads on the village map, otherwise we will consult with a higher officer to find a solution to the problem, “Arathi told Stoi.