SV Naik Kochari is a simple, humble gentleman having completed fifty fruitful years in the Sugarcane and Sugar mill industry. In fact, his entry into the co-operative sector was accidental, thanks to the encouragement of the late Appanagouda Patil, a visionary of Sankeshwar town in Belagavi district. It goes to the credit of Appanagouda Patil in setting up the Hukkeri Taluk Co-operative Electric Society. Hiranykeshi Cooperative Sugar Factory for the overall development of the region including the welfare of educated and unemployed youths. He was instrumental in setting up a variety of educational institutions to make his dream come true. In a freewheeling chat, the hesitant SV Naik Kochari goes down memory lane to recall the journey trodden so far. Excerpts from the interaction: Q: How did you plunge into public life and when was it? SV Naik Kochari: It was in the year 1973 when I was studying in the first year of the three-year LLB law degree course. Ours is basically an Agricultural
The normal life in Bengaluru, the headquarters of Karnataka and the adjoining Ramanagar district headquarters was paralyzed following a Bundh call from the Kannada protagonists and a host of farmers and other organizations. By and large, the protest against the state government over the release of 5,000 cusecs of water from the KRS Dam to Tamil Nadu was peaceful but for some untoward incidents. Crux of the problem: The Cauvery Delta region consisting of the Mysuru, Mandya, Ramanagar, Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban districts among many a other becomes volatile whenever the issue of the Cauvery river water distribution issue aggravates. This time around, the direction of the Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) for Karnataka to release 5,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for 15 days happens to be the crux of the problem. Karnataka attempts foiled: Interestingly the Government of Karnataka tried in vain to violate the CWMA’s directive over the issue of releasing the wa