Mangalore: In a press meet held in hotel woodlands, mangalore the state conveiner of the Dalita Sangharsha Samiti, M Devdas urged the DC to increse the compensation to the bajpe tragedy victims from one lakh to five lakhs.
Along with above demand, he urged the goverment to fulfill the following demands:
1. The compensation should be given to the injured, who are admitted to the venlock hospital
2. Government should provide rehabilitation facilities to the affected families including shelter, water connection and other facilities.
3.Since majority of the affected families should be from the scheduled caste and tribes, the family members should be employed in the scheduled caste and minority classes corporation.
4.Strict action should be taken against the people responsible for the tragic incident.
Disctrct covener R C Amin, Krishnanada Shetty, Raghu Yekkar and others were present at the press meet