CPI demands shelters, housing rights for homeless; stages protest

The protest rally was organised in collaboration with the Committee for Landless and Homeless People

The Karnataka state council of Communist party of India and the committee for the homeless and landless organised a massive protest demonstration to demand land and housing rights for the 50 Lakh homeless families at Freedom Park in Bengaluru. Credit: DH Photo

The Communist Party of India held a demonstration at Freedom Park on Thursday, urging the government to build shelters and provide housing rights for homeless people in the state.

The protest rally — organised in collaboration with the Committee for Landless and Homeless People — was a culmination of their 62-day padayatra that began in Ballari on February 2, 2020.

It came to a halt in Tumakuru in March due to the pandemic.

The padayatra — titled ‘Soorigagi Samara’ — resumed in Sira taluk of Tumakuru on February 23, 2023 and culminated at Freedom Park on Thursday.

CPI leaders urged the government to increase the housing scheme’s benefit to Rs 5 lakh, and release funds for approved housing schemes.

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