<p>The united protest by all the elected representatives, cutting across political affiliations, is perhaps the first of its kind in the State and has received accolades from civilians.<br />Five legislators from the district commenced their dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Wednesday. They even slept there itself, accompanied by few of their supporters.<br /><br />District in-charge minister Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan, who met the dharna-engaged, said that he will raise their demands with the government. He declared that he was also against sand mining.<br /><br />The elected representatives are staging dharna urging the government to withdraw permission granted for sand mining in the district. The two districts - Chikkaballapur and Kolar lack permanent irrigation facilities and the government’s move in allowing sand mining would further deplete the water table, they have contended.<br /><br />The legislators said that they will not withdraw the dharna unless the government withdraws the permission granted for sand mining in the district.<br />The citizens are of the opinion that the district would certainly march on the path of progress if the elected representatives continue to dedicate themselves, without any party barrier.<br /><br />MLAs K P Bachegowda, Shivashankara Reddy, Dr Sudhakar, N Sampangi, K V Nagaraj of Komul, Taluk Panchayat member K R Reddy and representatives of various organisations took part in the dharna.</p>
<p>The united protest by all the elected representatives, cutting across political affiliations, is perhaps the first of its kind in the State and has received accolades from civilians.<br />Five legislators from the district commenced their dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office on Wednesday. They even slept there itself, accompanied by few of their supporters.<br /><br />District in-charge minister Dr Mumtaz Ali Khan, who met the dharna-engaged, said that he will raise their demands with the government. He declared that he was also against sand mining.<br /><br />The elected representatives are staging dharna urging the government to withdraw permission granted for sand mining in the district. The two districts - Chikkaballapur and Kolar lack permanent irrigation facilities and the government’s move in allowing sand mining would further deplete the water table, they have contended.<br /><br />The legislators said that they will not withdraw the dharna unless the government withdraws the permission granted for sand mining in the district.<br />The citizens are of the opinion that the district would certainly march on the path of progress if the elected representatives continue to dedicate themselves, without any party barrier.<br /><br />MLAs K P Bachegowda, Shivashankara Reddy, Dr Sudhakar, N Sampangi, K V Nagaraj of Komul, Taluk Panchayat member K R Reddy and representatives of various organisations took part in the dharna.</p>
