MSP for coffee sought
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Karnataka Growers’ Federation has appealed to the State government to provide minimum support price for coffee, considering the loss coffee growers suffered in the last one year.
KGF president H.T. Mohan Kumar and secretary K.B. Krishnappa, in a press release issued here on Thursday, said that coffee growers had been in financial distress as nearly 50 pc of the yield from coffee and pepper farms was lost due to untimely rains in January. The growers were not in a position to harvest the remaining yield due to non-availability of workers. The officers of Agriculture, Horticulture and Revenue Departments had been doing survey to assess the loss suffered.
Representatives for 197 seats elected
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In the first phase of gram panchayat elections in Hassan, Arkalgud, Channarayapatna and Sakleshpur taluks of Hassan district, representatives have been elected for 197 seats unopposed, while there are no contenders for 34 seats.
Deputy Commissioner of Hassan R. Girish, at a press conference in Hassan on Tuesday, said elections will be held for 1,472 seats on December 22. There are 3,867 contenders in the fray.
Among the seats for which there were no contenders for 33 are in Sakleshpur taluk. The Karnataka Growers’ Federation, opposing the implementation of Dr. K. Kasturirangan’s report on the Western Ghats, had called for boycotting the election to put pressure on the governments on this issue.
No candidates for 139 GP seats of Chikkamagaluru district
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There are no candidates for 139 seats of gram panchayats in Chikkamagaluru district, going for polls on December 22. Among the 2,139 total seats of 209 gram panchayats, elections will be held for 1,893 seats. Representatives have been elected unopposed for 107 seats.
In response to Karnataka Growers’ Federation’s call to boycott the elections opposing the implementation of Dr. K. Kasturirangan’s report on the Western Ghats, residents of many panchayats in Chikkamagaluru, N.R.Pura, Mudigere taluks are not taking part. Among the seats for which there are no contenders, 70 are in Chikkamagaluru taluk, 33 in Mudigere and 28 in N.R. Pura taluk.
Poll boycott in many villages around Western Ghats
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December 13, 2020 22:51 IST
No nomination papers filed in several villages as locals are opposing the proposed implementation of Kasturirangan report
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A team gathered in front of Bidare Gram Panchayat office in Chikkamagaluru taluk to ensure that no one files nomination papers for the gram panchayat elections.
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No nomination papers filed in several villages as locals are opposing the proposed implementation of Kasturirangan report
Residents of many villages that fall in the ecologically sensitive area, as identified by the K. Kasturirangan report on the Western Ghats, have decided to boycott the gram panchayat elections this month opposing the implementation of the report’s recommendations.