After being accused of chickening out lakhs of rupees deposited below the mortgage waiver scheme from the accounts of Karnataka farmers, the kingdom government has decided to waive all eligible farm loans in a single pass.
On Wednesday, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy announced that loans to 2,28,961 farmers amounting to Rs 4 617.31 crores will be launched in an available segment nationwide. “The money was supposed to be released in phases, but that choice has been modified. So, some distance, numerous farmers have availed of the scheme, and we will launch the closing cash in one cross. It is expected to be completed in the next couple of months,” a spokesperson from the Chief Minister’s Office stated.
According to facts received from the CMO, two eighty-two 230 farmers are eligible for restructured mortgage waiver amounting to Rs 2,812 crore; overdue loans amounting to Rs 3,057 crore of two 76,286 farmers; NPA loans amounting to Rs 965.72 crore of one 08,136 eligible farmer; and everyday loans amounting to Rs 720 crore of three 11,400 eligible farmers fall underneath the scheme.
As many as 9,78,052 farmers throughout the state were eligible under the Crop Loan Waiver Scheme. The data indicate that the general cost of the loans is Rs 8,547 crores, of which Rs 3,930 crore has already been waived.
“Some restrained, late, and ordinary loans have been already waived. Now, the remaining ones will be accomplished in an unmarried phase. Funds amounting to Rs five, a hundred and fifty crores, were released to the Nodal Department earlier while the loans were waived in phase 1. The Department currently has Rs 1,219. Eighty-three crore final and calls for Rs three 397. Forty-eight crore price range to reimburse all eligible farmers, whose loans have no longer been waived,” the respectable added.
Earlier in June, the cash reimbursed in April to over 13,000 farmers across the state below the scheme changed into withdrawn. Several farmers were shocked and alleged that the authorities had deposited the money best to attain votes for the Lok Sabha Elections.
Bad roads, open drains: Bengaluru residents form a human chain to protest civic apathy
Fed up with civic apathy, the citizens of Bengaluru’s Panathur-Balagere in Bellandur-Sarjapur off the Outer Ring Road staged an illustration on Sunday. Men, girls, and children arrived with placards for nonviolent collecting and formed a human chain between Orchid International School and Kadubeesanahalli Bridge.
The citizens said that the roads within the locality were reduced to dust for the last four months because the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) started laying underground pipes. Though the work was completed, the BWSSB no longer restored the road situation but left half of the dug-up remaining. Despite many court cases and representations, the vicinity lacks basic infrastructures like streetlights.
The protestors said these dangerous roads are the main cause of chronic road accidents or even death. In September 2018, the residents held a similar protest after a 12-year-old boy was killed after a dashing water tanker ran over him.
These days, well-known citizen activist Amit Sharma, who has been running from pillar to post to restore the roads’ condition, has fallen victim to bad roads. In May, he fractured his arm after he misplaced the handlebars of his motorbike while seeking to negotiate a massive pothole.
One of the protestors, Sudhir Patnaik, said, “We have been filing court cases with the authorities for many months now. But there has been no movement. From faculty youngsters to senior citizens, all citizens are suffering due to the awful roads. We do not have any simple facilities like the right drainage.”
