Question

How did people protest against the 'Kittiko-Hochchiko' movements?

• A. By throwing stones on political leaders
• B. By throwing flowers on political leaders
• C. By plucking eucalyptus trees and planting other saplings
• D. None of these

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

By plucking eucalyptus trees and planting other saplings

Kittiko Hachiko Movement was a nonviolent protest in 1987 lend by the people in Karnataka where they plucked the eucalyptus plants and planted saplings of plants that were useful to the people. The reason was that- The Karnataka government had set up a company named Karnataka Pulpwood. About 30000 hectares of land was given to the company. Most of this land was used by the farmers for grazing their cattle on the field. But the company began to plant eucalyptus trees on this land which could be used for making paper pulp. This caused problems for the local farmers and they started this movement.