The Hindu 12.10.2010
Group D families demand free sites
Staff Correspondent
Dharwad: A large number of landless families in the twin cities staged a protest in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Monday. They urged the Government to allot them housing sites free of cost considering their poor economic status.
Nagaraj Gurikar, who led the protest, said that the Hubli-Dharwad Urban Development Authority (HDUDA) had conducted a survey of landless families and had categorised them as ‘A', ‘B', ‘C' and ‘D' groups based on the annual income of the families and their social status.
With the intention of allotting sites to the landless, HDUDA had acquired land at Gabbur in Hubli and Lakmanhalli in Dharwad and had taken up layout development works. But, the sites for the landless had not been allotted.
According to an estimate, there are 5,800 families under the ‘D' class in the twin cities. Their poor economic status does not permit them to buy housing sites and so the Government should come to their rescue, Mr. Gurikar said.
The former MLA Neelagangayya Pujar was joined the protesters.
