NE NEWS SERVICE
BENGALURU, AUG 3
Coimbatore-based Isha Foundation, a spiritual organisation, which has undertaken the campaign Cauvery Calling to revive the perennial river of the South, launched its second major farmer outreach programme on Monday.
Every heart in Karnataka must beat for Cauvery & for our Farmers. Ensuring Farmer prosperity & restoring Cauvery to her glory must become the Mission of everyone nourished by Cauvery. Be with us. Let’s make it happen. –Sg #CauveryCallinghttps://t.co/aJW9q8eoly
— Sadhguru (@SadhguruJV) August 3, 2021
The programme will cover 1,785 gram panchayats in 57 taluks throughout the nine Cauvery basin districts of Karnataka, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of the Foundation said, the coming eight weeks would see 1,800 events to popularise tree-based farming model among the farming community.
The Rally for Rivers Board and the Cauvery Calling panel met on Monday to formalise the objectives and the action plan for the new initiative, Sadhguru told reporters.
According to him, 11 million saplings were planted in farmers’ land across the river basin last year. The Karnataka government offered a subsidy of Rs 125 on each sapling spread over four years, he said. He said 890 people would be working for Cauvery Calling to get saplings by contacting the local farmers.
When asked about the proposed Mekedatu reservoir project at Kanakapura in Ramanagara district across Cauvery, which is a bone of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Sadhguru said the controversies between the two States were unfortunate.
“Cauvery is just 40 percent of what it was 50 year ago. That should be our concern. We can build whatever we want and all this is about how to use it. I am talking about how to save it,” he said.
Sadhguru further said the controversy can be sorted out by sitting together if the issue is about Cauvery water distribution.
