Residents air grievances before min at Kundgol Jana Samparka Sabhe

Pic: Labour minister Santosh Lad hears grievances in KundgolHubballi: The Dharwad district administration organised a Jana Samparka Sabhe at Sawai Gandharvara Smarak Bhavan in Kundgol Tuesday. Labour and Dharwad district minister Santosh S Lad was present at the programme and listened to public grievances. A total of 151 grievances were submitted.The highest number of grievances, 48, were registered in the revenue department, followed by the rural development and panchayat raj with 33, rrban development with 12, school education and literacy with 10, and the energy department with six cases. During the mass-contact programme, people from various villages directly conveyed their problems, demands and suggestions to the minister. They raised issues such as shortage of drinking water, road repair, drainage system, power outages, lack of health services and school facilities.Minister Lad instructed the officials concerned to resolve their problems immediately. He also assured that financial assistance would be provided by the Santosh Lad Foundation. A free health checkup camp was also conducted by the health department. MLA MR Patil, deputy commissioner Snehal R, superintendent of police Gujan Arya, HDMC commissioner Rudresh Ghali and other officials were present. Speaking to reporters later, Lad said water was being supplied through private borewells to 19 villages that were facing a shortage of drinking water. The minister also said instructions were sent to the authorities concerned to speed up work on the Hubballi flyover, which is now scheduled to be completed by the end of next month.A proposal of around Rs 6,500 crore was received to implement the Hubballi-Dharwad LRT transport system. Farmer disrupts event over grievancesA Jana Samparka Sabhe at Sawai Gandharvara Smarak Bhavan in Kundgol, chaired by labour minister Santosh Lad, was disrupted when a farmer shouted about his problems, drawing attention and causing confusion for a short time.During the meeting, Lad took officials to task on the stage over their negligence.