The police had a tough time controlling activists of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene, who tried to barge into the Deputy Commissioner’s office during a protest on Wednesday.
The functionaries, who were staging a dharna in front of the DC office, were reportedly furious after no official came to listen to their grievance.
The outfits were staging the protest condemning the plan to shift the proposed cancer hospital from Kolar to Srinivasapur, the home cosntituencey of Health and Family Welfare Minister K.R. Rameshkumar.
ADVERTISEMENT
The activists alleged this was being done so that Mr. Rameshkumar could get “political mileage”, while urging the authorities concerned to drop the plan.
As the functionaries tried to barge into the office, Additional Deputy Commissioner K. Vidyakumari, who was attending a meeting in connection with KPSC examinations came out and heard the grievance from the activists.
KRRS state vice president K. Narayana Gowda and district convener K. Srinivasa Gowda were present among others.
ADVERTISEMENT
Water problem
Meanwhile, residents of Kanakanapalya locality in City Municipal Council (CMC) limits submitted a memorandum to the district administration demanding a permanent solution to the water problem in their area.
Residents, including large number of women, poured out their ire against the indifference of CMC authorities in resolving their issue. They claimed that the private tankers were charging exhorbitantly and alleged that the CMC was not supplying water for the past three years.
Additional Deputy Commissioner K. Vidyakumari, who received their memorandum, assured the residents of looking into the issue.