Mangalore: Those candidates who came to the doors of voters for support had forgotten all their promise about providing house sites or houses and were running after real estate agents to inaugurate new sky crapper after winning elections.
DYFI Harekala Unit had sent 150 applications on Thursday (March.3) seeking houses and sites, through GP Chief Rafida Banu and GP Secretary Maruthi, which were duly presented to DC. A Dharni Satyagraha was held later, with 500 villagers of Hrekala participating in the demonstration today.
Addressing them DYFI district chairman Muneer Katipalla said that in DK Dt. homeless and siteless families are on the increase daily. KLarger forces like MSEZ and real estate hunters are against them, and house rents keep rising. These rents have to be brought under control by Act, as people’s hardships multiply fast. Even after a decade a petition for house site is not honoured by officials. They talk of an “Ashraya “ Committee not created for beneficiaries, Munir ridiculed. The struggle will continue till legitimate demands of land and housing for common man are met by a benevolent Govt. he declared. Naveen Bajal, Rafiq Harekala, Ismail, Majeed and T.Mahabala and Ashraf led the Dharana movement.