KPRS and CITU demand sites and houses for the poor

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, May 3, 2012: The Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) and the CITU organized a protest in front of the DC’s office, demanding licenses to build houses for the poor.

Addressing the gathering, K. Yadav Shetty, the General Secretary said that due to hike in the value of property, the poor cannot afford to buy sites and it is pity that the government is giving away land to multinational companies. As a result the poor are not getting sites and licenses to construct houses from the past 15 years.

 

 

 

Further, he said that the MCC has identified land and marked sites for the poor in the town municipal region and urged the civic body to give away these sites to the poor.

KPRS President K. R. Shriyan said that poor people who have constructed houses on government lands have not yet received any licenses, due to which they cannot get door numbers, electricity connection, ration cards, and other basic facilities.
 
He also demanded the civic body to provide door numbers to these people at the earliest.
 
Krishnappa Salian, Vasudev Uchil, Yashawanth Maroli, Ashok Shetty, Shantharam Nayak, and Vasanth Achary participated in the protest.