A report of the Karnataka State Legislature Committee on Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribe Welfare found gross irregularities in the allotment of industrial sites to SCs and STs in 12 industrial areas, particularly in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, and Kolar, by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB).
Poorly located
The report, which was tabled in the State Legislative Assembly by Congress member P.M. Narendra Swamy, said that industrial sites located in interior places, under hi-tension electricity wires, and disputed sites have been given to SC/ST business people. The reservation of 24.1% was not followed while distributing industrial sites to the community people, it said.
