Yashodhara Bangera
Daijiworld Media Network – Moodbidri (EP)
Moodbidri, May 14: Villagers and Matrabhoomi Samrakshana Samithi activists opposed geographical photography at Kolathar Padavu, Niddodi village with the help of drone by Delhi based company staff that had arrived from Delhi.
Three members of staff from Delhi Global Energy private limited were trying to capture pictures through Drone for Adani electricity transmission at 11 am when the villagers rushed to the spot and stopped them.
There were heated arguments between the local people and company workers. The workers failed to provide suitable explanation or documents for capturing the pictures. Though the workers pleaded the villagers to let them go, the villagers expressed anguish for having arrived without informing local gram panchayat or people. Moodbidri station police arrived at the spot and diluted the situation. Kallamandkur gram panchayat PDO Uggappa Moolya was present.
Matrabhoomi Samrakshana Samithi has lodged a complaint in Moodbidri police station in this connection. Samithi president Alphons D’ Souza, secretary Vinodara Suvarna, convener Kiran Manjanabailu, local gram panchayat vice president Sunder Poojary, member Rama Gowda, samithi office bearers Janardhan Gowda, Gopala Gowda, Ravi Gowda, Sathish Shetty, Balaraja, Sandeep Suvarna, former president of Kallamandkur gram panchayat Loknath Salian, Madhava Gowda and others were present.