Mangalore: Ahinda working president and member pof the Movement for Enforcement of Constitutional Rights and Values(MECRV), speaking to the press on Tuesday here, demanded that KIADB a state govt. agency, should stop acquiring lands in the villages of Bantwal Taluk, for whatever reasons it may flaunt.
The Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board was trying to acquire 200 acres of precious land in Kurnadu, Balepuni and Kairangala, Lolaksha pointed out.
The preliminary notification had been issued, but the Board should immediately stop the process of land acquisition now, or face consequences the Dalit leader warned.
Already hundreds of acres of agricultural and green lands had beenacquired by a hungry Board in the name of development in DK, but not used for any purpose.
The KIADB was telling lies. The Suzlon SEZ was notified in 1990 in Padubidri, but acquired in 2009, KRRS local chief Rohitashwa Rai charged. The Board was not an agent of private parties, he said.AICC member P.V. Mohan, Rita Naronha, M.Haneef, notary among others, were present.