Summary:
For every small work, people have to travel at least 30km to and fro daily to the Umachagi gram panchayat. HUBBALLI: Conducting gram panchayat elections for the six seats in Malligawad has become a challenge for the district administration in Dharwad . Umachagi was made headquarter of Malligawad gram panchayat. "We will continue to boycott panchayat elections till the government or district administration take a decision to give our GP headquarter status." When their demand was turned down by the government, they boycotted the panchayat elections in May 2016..