<p>Chikkarde Dalit Colony under Madapura gram panchayat limits is devoid of basic facilities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There are seven families residing in the colony and there is no road facility to reach the houses of four families.<br /><br />The 200 metre-long road from Jamboor to Chikkarde has not seen asphaltation for the past 12 years.<br /><br />The surface of the road has been chipped off. A narrow road leads to the houses of the residents in the colony. <br /><br />A resident Nagaraj said: “The neighbours had promised to part with their land for laying of a road to the colony. However, the gram panchayat and taluk panchayat representatives have failed to provide any facilities to the colony.” <br /><br />Keshava and Sarasu couple are residing in a hut in the colony for the last 10 years.<br /><br />“I had submitted applications seeking a house under Ashraya Yojana several times. <br /><br />However, all my pleas went in vain,” Keshava said.<br /><br />“The politicians come to the colony only during election and then never look back at the colony. We have been exercising our franchise for the past 40 years.<br /><br /> However, the situation has not changed in the colony all these years,” said Ponnamma. <br /><br />Block Congress president K M Lokesh urged the gram panchayat to provide basic facilities to the colony within 20 days.<br /><br />“If the authorities fail to provide basic facilities, then the Congress will stage a protest in front of the gram panchayat, Lokesh said.<br /></p>
<p>Chikkarde Dalit Colony under Madapura gram panchayat limits is devoid of basic facilities.<br /><br /></p>.<p>There are seven families residing in the colony and there is no road facility to reach the houses of four families.<br /><br />The 200 metre-long road from Jamboor to Chikkarde has not seen asphaltation for the past 12 years.<br /><br />The surface of the road has been chipped off. A narrow road leads to the houses of the residents in the colony. <br /><br />A resident Nagaraj said: “The neighbours had promised to part with their land for laying of a road to the colony. However, the gram panchayat and taluk panchayat representatives have failed to provide any facilities to the colony.” <br /><br />Keshava and Sarasu couple are residing in a hut in the colony for the last 10 years.<br /><br />“I had submitted applications seeking a house under Ashraya Yojana several times. <br /><br />However, all my pleas went in vain,” Keshava said.<br /><br />“The politicians come to the colony only during election and then never look back at the colony. We have been exercising our franchise for the past 40 years.<br /><br /> However, the situation has not changed in the colony all these years,” said Ponnamma. <br /><br />Block Congress president K M Lokesh urged the gram panchayat to provide basic facilities to the colony within 20 days.<br /><br />“If the authorities fail to provide basic facilities, then the Congress will stage a protest in front of the gram panchayat, Lokesh said.<br /></p>
