Dalit families seek housing sites in Sriramarangapura village
Dalit families in Sriramarangapura village are seeking housing sites from the government due to severe living conditions. They have submitted a memorandum to local authorities requesting the allotment of land for 101 families. The community has faced economic hardships and overcrowding, particularly during the rainy season.
- ▪Members of the Karnataka Madigara Rakshana Vedike met with local officials to demand housing sites for 101 Dalit families.
- ▪In 2014-15, land was released for housing but no progress has been made on allotment since then.
- ▪The community is facing overcrowding and distress due to lack of suitable residential space.
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Members of the Karnataka Madigara Rakshana Vedike, on Tuesday, met the Deputy Director of Social Welfare and the Deputy Commissioner in Ballari and submitted a memorandum demanding early allotment of housing sites to 101 Dalit families in Sriramarangapura village of Kampli taluk.Leaders of the organisation said that during 2014-15, around 135 acres of land in the possession of Bhimaneni Somappa of the village were released by the Revenue Department following a sustained struggle.During that period, members of the Dalit community in the village faced economic boycott and sought economic security measures, direct loans and housing sites from the State government, they said.They said that though 86 families were earlier sanctioned direct loans of ₹1 lakh each through the Adi Jambava…
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