DHARWAD: In addition to refraining from court proceedings and continuing the relay hunger strike, members of Dharwad Bar Association on Monday staged a "rasta roko" demanding early beginning of work on the Circuit Bench building at Water and Land Management Institute (WALMI) campus, near Dharwad.

On Monday, several lawyers came out of the city court complex and staged a "rasta roko" on the busy Old National Highway. Vehicular movement was affected for some time.

Apathetic attitude

The protestors raised slogans against the State Government for its apathetic attitude towards north Karnataka.

They alleged that the people of the region had been forced to resort to agitation for getting evbeneftis from the State Government.

Memorandum

Belgaum Staff Correspondent reports:

Members of Belgaum Bar Association on Monday abstained from the court work to protest against the "delaying tactics" of the Government on establishment of the Circuit Bench of Karnataka High Court in north Karnataka. The advocates marched to the Deputy Commissioner's office and submitted a memorandum to the Government.

The association alleged that the Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party collation Government was pretending to work for the development of north Karnataka, but had no real concern for the problems and issues of the region.

They said though the Government had announced on Saturday to immediately lay the foundation stone to house the building for proposed circuit bench, there was no firm commitment on its part.

The protest was led, among others, by Belgaum Bar Association president S.S. Kivadsannavar, vice-presidents L.K. Gurav, S.K. Patil and secretary Ramesh Patil.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail