Question

The people’s movement which was launched in 1987 in Karnataka is ___________.
A.Narmada Bachao Andolan
B.Tehri Bachao Andolan
C.Kittiko-Hachchiko
D.Anti-Liquor movement

Answer 1

Hint: The main motto of the people’s movement was to pluck and plant trees which were useful to the people of that particular region.

Complete Answer: The Karnataka Government set up a company called the Karnataka Pulpwood Limited (KPL) in 1984. The state government gave 30,000 hectares of land which was used by the local farmers for grazing livestock. The land was given to the company on lease almost for free. The company for producing pulp to manufacture paper planted eucalyptus trees on these pastoral fields. The farmers decided to protest against the actions of the company. In 1987, they started the Kittiko-Hachchiko movement, which literally means pluck and plant, was a non-violent protest. The local farmers plucked the eucalyptus plant and planted saplings of trees that were useful to them and to the village people.

Thus, the correct answer is option c.

Note: The Karnataka Pulpwood Limited is a joint sector enterprise which was set up by the Birla group’s Harihar Polyfibres and the Ramakrishna Hegde government. The campaigns supported by the local legislators, recently, the KPL’s directors decided to hand over the company’s assets to another state government undertaking - the Karnataka Forest Development Corporation.