The Shrama Jeevigala Karmika Vedike has condemned the State government’s alleged failure to release compensation for the families of farmers who have committed suicide.
Chandraekhar Hiremath, president of the vedike, told presspersons on Sunday that the government was yet to pay the compensation to the families of two of the three farmers who committed suicide in Aland taluk in Kalaburagi district.
While a compensation of Rs. 2 lakh had been paid to the family of Shankar Maindaragi of Sarasamba village, the family members of Dhulappa Gundappa and Hanumanth Sajjan were yet to be paid the money.
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Mr. Hiremath said that the State government should not wash of its responsibility by paying the compensation and should also provide government jobs to any one of their family members on compassionate grounds.
Agitation
Raising these demands, Vedike activists would stage a dharna in Aland town in Kalaburagi district on September 4 along with the family members of the farmers who had committed suicide, he added.
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‘Only one among the three farmers who committed suicide in Kalaburagi has got the money’