Mysuru: A remote village of Mysuru district, Badanavalu which has a glorious history yet visited by few,  turned out be a home for many of the like minded people who reached here, to extend their support to sustainable living here on Sunday.

On the 20th and final day of the movement, the national conference on sustainable living at Dr B R Ambedkar stage witnessed a huge explosion of people, not just from villages,  but also from different parts of the state.

Presiding over the occasion, former director of Rangayana and the leader of Badanavalu movement for sustainable living Prasanna Heggodu said, “Multi-international companies are invading the markets in metropolitan cities and it has depleted the better lives of farmers in India. Time has come to show the force of farmers in India.”

“It is necessary for the urban public to know how Indian villages live and also they should inform the villagers about the ideologies of Dr B R Ambedkar, Basava and Buddha. Due to lack of information in villages, the social conditions in villages have deteriorated over the years. For farmers, the nature has caused a minimal disaster, but it is the people of urban areas who have destroyed their lives,”

Karnataka State farmers association president Chukki Nanjundaswamy said, “For sustainable living, agriculture works are inevitable. Or else in the next five years the villages in India will give up 70 percent of its population to urbanization.”

“It is been 25 years since globalization has entered India. Several organisations and institutions have opposed the globalization. But no one had opened their mouths to bat for sustainable living. Fortunately now farmers have opened up their thought process. In reality, after the invasion of foreign companies in India thousands of farmers committed suicide and even now they are in a state to lose their lives, unable to carry the burden that has been caused by the globalization,”

“Due to globalization, the agricultural sector has witnessed a major setback. It has made us dependent. The next generation will curse us if this continues. According to the modified land acquisition bill which hinders the welfare of farmers, has caused trouble to the people. British were better than the present central government,” he added.

Apart from the vigorous seminars, what attracted the people present in the venue was the couple of foreign women who attended the seminars. Theresa from Germany and Tamara from Switzerland who came to the venue with the Padayatra witnessed the event. These foreign nationals are serving in India through an NGO in India.

As new introductions to the event, book stores, natural crops, eco-friendly fuel and many others were displayed at the exhibition. Several street plays which highlighted the hazardous of the multi-national companies’ invasion in India engaged the audience.

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