Members of the Sri Siddharameshwar Bhovi Sangha held a protest here on Wednesday opposing the alleged illegal occupation of public land by a municipal councillor at Janglipete in old Hubballi here.
In a memorandum to Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) commissioner Noor Mansur, sangha president Yamanappa Kattimani alleged that the sangha had requested the HDMC to hand over the land in Vaddar Oni to them to construct an anganwadi. But, the request was rejected.
Nearly 80 Bhovi families have been residing there for several years. Now, a councillor had illegally occupied the land and rented it out to traders, they said .