Hundreds of people from across Karnataka thronged the Chief Minister’s home office ‘Krishna’ in Bengaluru with their grievances on Monday as the first full-fledged Janaspandana in the second tenure of Siddaramaiah got under way.
Employment, land issues, financial assistance for health, housing, and pending government compensations were among the many issues that people brought to the notice of Mr. Siddaramaiah, who heard the grievances as well as received requests from people.
As many as 3,812 requests and grievances were received of which several cases were resolved on the spot while the remaining would be addressed in a specific timeline. Revenue matters topped the list of grievances followed by issues pertaining to Women and Child Welfare Department and Backward Classes Department, a note from the Chief Minister’s Office said.
Issues of property, family, health
Among the many directions issued to the officials was instruction to the BBMP and the Bengaluru police not to harass street vendors who use pushcarts. Nagamma, a street vendor, complained about the harassment that they were facing from BBMP and police personnel. In the light of trouble in approval of senior citizens’ pensions, he asked the officials to set right the technical issues immediately.
BBMP Commissioner Tushar Giri Nath was asked to provide tricycles to 148 specially-abled persons, who complained that the government had not responded to their request for tricycles as well as provision of loan facility to those who have been trained in trades. The loan should be disbursed within 15 days, he instructed.
A resident of Kallahalli in Hunsur taluk in Mysuru district, Lakshmi Bai, sought permission to start construction of 40 houses to Dungri Garasia community members for whom houses have been approved. Mr. Siddaramaiah instructed the managing director of Nomadic Tribes Development Corporation to provide him a report on the issue. He also sanctioned ₹1 lakh from the CM Relief Fund for treatment of Venkatraj, suffering from kidney ailment, after the patient’s brother approached him.
Family disputes and personal problems were also brought to Janaspandana as Mahadevamma from Tiptur accused her son of cheating her during property division, and sought the Chief Minister’s intervention. Rajamma from Ramanagara district accused her brother-in-law of encroaching her land. In both cases, Mr. Siddaramaiah spoke to the respective Deputy Commissioners to ensure they get justice.
96-year-old Paramdamaiah said that his cultivable land had been encroached for bypass road near Nelamangala. Specially-abled B.M. Nandita, a commerce PG, sought a government job, while Usma Bhanu of Belagavi sought a government job on compassionate grounds as her father had passed away.
Some residents of Bytarayanapura on Mysuru Road in Bengaluru sought the Chief Minister’s intervention as the owner of the residential complex who had leased out homes had vanished with the lease amount while banks were now asking them to vacate.
Grievances and petitions received from the public online using QR code as well as on phone number 1902 were treated as those received during Janaspandana, the note said. While heads of the departments and secretaries were available on the spot, Mr. Siddaramaiah spoke to respective Deputy Commissioners on the grievances and petitions.
