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.
(Published 09 March 2023, 21:15 IST)
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