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Ekalavyanagar residents pin hopes on meeting with officials

The residents of Ekalavyanagar, who belong to nomadic tribes, were earlier residing in tents near Hebbal lake.  (Source: Special Arrangement)

About 200 families of nomadic tribes residing at Ekalavyanagar on the outskirts of Mysuru, many of whom have been camping near the Deputy Commissioner’s office in Mysuru for more than three weeks now, are hoping for a solution to their long pending demand for hakku patras or ownership rights under the State Government’s Akrama Sakrama scheme at a meeting with officials scheduled for Wednesday.

Several people from the settlement have pitched tents near the Deputy Commissioner’s office for the last 26 days to press for their demand.

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