Govt's undertaking to HC on rehabilitation

BANGALORE: The state government on Friday gave an undertaking to the High Court of Karnataka that it will release within two weeks Rs 6.25 crore for the rehabilitation of the residents of Vajjal village in Hungund taluk, Bagalkot district.

The village has been submerged in the backwaters of the Chikkasinganutti irrigation project.

After hearing a petition filed by 84 villagers, a division bench headed by Chief Justice P D Dinakaran directed the government to release the money for rehabilitation as early as possible.

The High Court had ordered the government to release the rehabilitation funds way back on August 2, 2006.

The government's failure to implement the order has resulted in the petitioners moving the court again.