Farmers’ dues: Properties confiscated from KBJNL managing director’s office

Almatti, Vijayapura: Court authorities, on Wednesday, confiscated properties from the office of the managing director of the Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Limited (KBJNL) over non-payment of compensation dues to farmers, following a court order in this regard. 

Lands had been taken from the farmers for constructing canals as part of stage 3 of the Upper Krishna Project (UKP). 

In the past, in similar cases, properties used to be confiscated from the office of the land acquisition officer of KBJNL. 

But this is the first that properties have been confiscated from the MD’s office, pertaining to two cases. 

Among the properties seized are an Innova car, a jeep, fax machine, photocopying machine, an almirah, 13 computers, tables, chairs, bulbs, printer machines and a ceiling fan.