Bengaluru: Expressing displeasure over the Revenue Department’s action of not issuing ‘Saaguvali’ chits (Letter of cultivation) to farmers who own lands in 10 km radius of urban areas, Chamundeshwari MLA G.T. Devegowda (GTD) has urged the Government to issue Saaguvali chits to farmers in urban areas who have been cultivating land for generations.
Speaking during the debate on Budget at the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, GTD citing an example, said that areas such as Kumbarakoppal, Manchegowdanakoppal and Kannegowdana Koppal in Mysuru which were villages decades ago, have not come under the City Corporation limits and urged the Government to issue letter of cultivation to farmers in urban areas to cultivate land, which are under cultivation for generations.
