Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) has demanded that district in-charge Minister Priyank Kharge intervene and help farmers residing around Rajashree Cement, part of Ultra Tech Cement Limited group of companies, get compensation for their crops damaged due to residual discharge from the cement factory in Sedam taluk of Kalaburagi district.
KPRS district president Sharanabasappa Mamshetty, addressing presspersons here on Thursday, said that around 28 acres of agriculture crop in Hanganahalli and Malkhed villages have been at the receiving end of the residual discharge from the cement plant.
A detailed joint survey was conducted by the then Assistant Commissioner, Sedam, and the Joint Director of Agriculture and the Pollution Control Board Officer who all submitted a report saying that the discharge of water from the factory has affected standing crop for nearly 3 km in the vicinity of the cement plant.
