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more-inThe Akhil Karnataka Nela Jala Parisara Samrakshana Vedike and residents of Kukkehalli and surrounding villages have demanded the closure of a fish processing unit at Kukkehalli, which, they said, had polluted water and was responsible for health problems. Ramchandra Bhat, resident of Kukkehalli, said people of Kukkehalli had approached the District Administration and the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board on this issue. Ever since this unit started functioning, the life of people in Kukkehalli and its surrounding villages such as Punchur, Kambalmajalu, Cholebettu and Cherkady has been affected. If this matter is not resolved, we the people of Kukkehalli and surrounding villages will boycott the forthcoming Assembly elections,” he said. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Srilatha U.
Shetty, President of State unit of Akhil Karnataka Nela Jala Parisara Samrakshana Vedike, said the unit started operating in Kukkehalli about 10 years ago without proper permissions from the Gram Panchayat..