Theatre personality Prasanna resigns from special cell to promote rural industries in Karnataka

Shivamogga Noted theatre personality Prasanna, who is also the founder of Charaka Multipurpose Industrial Co-operative Society, has resigned as head of the Mahatma Gandhi Vastrodyama Kosha, a special cell under the Department of Textiles and Handloom of Karnataka, which was set up to promote Gandhi-inspired rural industries. He cited recent developments concerning rural institutions. Prasanna Heggodu: The influence of theatre on my art is immense storyline 1 In a letter to Chief Minister D.K.

Shivakumar dated November 12, Mr. Prasanna said he was hurt by what he described as a series of setbacks to the rural development sector at a time when villagers were migrating to cities. He cited two recent incidents.

At Heggodu in Sagar taluk, he said, officials demolished a pedestal built to mark the dedication of a tank rejuvenated by Charaka, and the organisation was ‘unnecessarily accused of encroaching on the tank’. The tank had been dedicated by local MLA Belur Gopalakrishna after Ganga Pooja.