Karnataka to discuss Scheduled Tribe status for Kuruba community on September 16
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has scheduled an important meeting on September 16 to discuss the possible inclusion of the Kuruba community from Bidar, Kalaburagi, and Yadgir districts in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.
The meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. at Vikas Soudha, Bengaluru, and will be chaired by a senior IAS officer from the Department of Welfare of Scheduled Tribes, as reported by India Today on Monday.
The Kurubas, currently classified as an Other Backward Class (OBC), have long demanded reclassification to Scheduled Tribe status, arguing it would bring greater benefits and protections.
The move carries added political weight because Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, himself a Kuruba and the state’s Tribal Welfare Minister, would be recognised as a Dalit if the community is reclassified, added the report.
Officials from multiple departments and welfare boards have been directed to participate in the meeting.
This development comes just ahead of the state’s new caste census, titled the Socio-Economic and Educational Survey, which will be conducted from September 22 to October 7.
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Yadgir: Six people burnt alive in private bus-car collision on Bidar-Bengaluru Highway in Surapura
Surapura: In a tragic road accident reported from the taluk, six people were burnt alive in a collision between a private bus and a car on the Bidar-Bengaluru Highway near the Shanthapura Cross close to the Thinthani Bridge on Friday morning.
A fire broke out due to the force of the collision, and both vehicles were gutted in the flames.
The bus is learned to have been traveling from Lingasugur to Kalaburagi, and the car was going towards Lingasugur. While none of the passengers in the bus was reportedly endangered in the accident, all six people traveling the car died in the accident and are learned to have burnt in the fire.
The local fire brigade has successfully doused the flames.
Inspector Umesh M and team of the Surapura Police Station is learned to have arrived at the accident spot and conducted an inspection.
The skulls of four people are said to have been found among the debris.
