The Talacauvery to Bengaluru padayatra launched by the United Kodava Organisation (UKO) reached Mysuru on Sunday.

The participants stayed overnight at the Kodava Samaja at Vijayanagar in the city, before resuming their journey towards Bengaluru on Monday. The purpose of the walk is to to draw the attention of State and Union Government to their demands for development of Kodagu and Kodavas

UKO convener Kokkalamada Manju Chinnappa said the 17-day-long padayatra, which began from Talacauvery on September 18, will reach Bengaluru on October 4, after covering 414 km.

The UKO has sought a law to check conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural purposes, subsidy of Rs. 10,000 per acre for growing paddy, stopping forced eviction of small coffee growers and dropping the Union government’s proposal to allow Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in coffee cultivation.

The participants, who are scheduled to stay overnight at Baburayana Koppal near Srirarangapatna on Monday night, will pass through Mandya, Maddur, Channapatna and Ramanagaram before reaching Bengaluru

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mysuru – September 29th, 2015