B JP leader NR Ramesh files complaint against Cong MLA Shivalinge Gowda

By Siddhi Chauhan

BJP leader N R Ramesh filed a complaint against Congress leader Shivalinge Gowda in Karnataka Lokayukta accusing him of embezzlement of over Rs 100 crore.

Handing over a list of documents, NR Ramesh explained that the that funds allocated for various projects were misused by Hassan MLA Shivalinge Gowda.

Citing an example of Tirupati ST colony, Keralapur, a village in Karnataka, Ramesh said the road from the village to Tirupati ST colony was developed earlier but its work was started again.

Addressing the media, Ramesh said: “KPCC announced around 12 project tenders. Tirupati road was one of them. This road was already concreted but the tenders for it were floated again.” He mentioned the same in a letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.

One of the projects he mentioned was Yettinahole Project which was approved by Kar- nataka in the year 2014 to ensure the construction of dams in Chikkaballapur, Kolar, Ban- galore Rural, Bangalore Urban, Ramanagara, and Tumakuru. siddhi.c@iijnm.org

Manjunathan B, a resident of Chikkaballapur informed The Observer that he along with other farmers of his village have been protesting against the water problems in the village for the past three years. Even after the implementation of Yettinahole Project, their problem wasn’t solved. When the residents addressed their problem to the village panchayat, they were told that no funds were allocated to the panchayat.

The RTI filed by NR Ramesh explained that the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement Act has many rules for floating tenders which were not followed. Over 50 per cent of the projects that were claimed to be undertaken already existed. but the tenders are floated again.

The Observer tried to contact the Congress spokesperson but he refused to talk.

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