Mysuru: Claiming that the Hiriyur-Mysuru 440 KV high tension power line being drawn upon fertile lands in villages coming under Yelwal Hobli has sounded a death knell for the farming community, over a hundred farmers under the banner of Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha and Hasiru Sene (KRRS) staged a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here this morning.
Alleging that the Power Grid Corporation of India had started drawing the power line with the erection of towers on fertile lands in Yelwal Hobli, the farmers said that thousands of acres of fertile land will be lost in Yachegowdanahalli, Hoskote, Doddegowdanakoppalu, Kollur-Naganahalli, Anandur, Chikkanahalli, Meghalapura, Undawadi and Maidanahalli coming under Yelwal Hobli. The destruction of fertile lands meant a great loss of food production and also loss of livelihood of thousands of farmers, they said.
